Trigonocera

{{short description|Genus of flies}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Trigonocera

| authority = Becker, 1902{{cite journal|last1=Becker|first1=T.|title=Ägyptische dipteren|journal = Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin|date=1902|volume=2|pages=1–66|url=https://archive.org/details/gyptischedipte21903beck|accessdate=22 September 2015}}

| type_species = Trigonocera rivosa

| type_species_authority =Becker, 1902

}}

Trigonocera is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is known from the Afrotropical, Oriental and Palaearctic realms.{{cite journal|first=I. Ya.|last=Grichanov|year=2013|title=Species of the genus Trigonocera Becker (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)|url=https://www.mapress.com/j/jib/article/download/2013.1.6/14124|format=PDF|journal=Journal of Insect Biodiversity|volume=1|issue=6|pages=1–24|doi=10.12976/jib/2013.1.6|doi-access=free}}

Species

  • Trigonocera ethiopiensis Grichanov, 2013 – Ethiopia
  • Trigonocera guizhouensis Wang, Yang & Grootaert, 2008 – China (Chongqing, Guizhou, Xizang, Yunnan)
  • Trigonocera lucidiventris Becker, 1922{{cite journal|last1=Becker|first1=T.|title=Dipterologische Studien: Dolichopodidae der Indo-Australischen Region|journal=Capita Zoologica|date=1922|volume=1|issue=4|pages=1–247}} – Taiwan, Laos, Thailand
  • Trigonocera madagascarensis Grichanov, 2013 – Madagascar
  • Trigonocera munroi (Curran, 1926) – DR Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini
  • Trigonocera obscura De Meijere, 1916 – Indonesia, Myanmar
  • Trigonocera rivosa Becker, 1902 (Synonym: T. africana Naglis, 1999{{cite journal|last1=Naglis|first1=S. M.|title=A new species of Trigonocera Becker (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) from tropical Africa|journal=Studia dipterologica|date=1999|volume=6|issue=2|pages=333–335|url=http://www.diptera.info/downloads/Naglis_1999.pdf|accessdate=1 January 2016}}) – Egypt, Israel, Botswana, Cape Verde, Namibia, Senegal, Zambia, Taiwan, Thailand
  • Trigonocera shuensis Liu & Yang in Liu, Wang, Tang & Yang, 2018{{cite journal|last1=Liu|first1=R.|last2=Wang|first2=M.|last3=Tang|first3=C.|last4=Yang|first4=D.|year=2018|title=A new species of Trigonocera (Diptera: Dolichopodidae, Diaphorinae) from China with an updated key to species worldwide|url=http://xbkcflxb.cnjournals.com/xbkcflxben/ch/reader/create_pdf.aspx?file_no=2018028&year_id=2018&quarter_id=4&falg=1|journal=Entomotaxonomia|volume=40|issue=4|pages=267–273|doi=10.11680/entomotax.2018028}} – China (Chongqing, Sichuan)
  • Trigonocera specialis Becker, 1922{{cite journal|last1=Becker|first1=T.|title=Dipterologischen Studien. Dolichopodidae. B. Nearktische und Neotropische Regions|journal=Abh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien|date=1922|volume=13|issue=1|pages=395}} – Nepal, India (West Bengal)
  • Trigonocera tongshiensis (Yang, 2002){{cite book|last1=Yang|first1=D.|title=Diptera: Therevidae, Dolichopodidae. In Huang, F. (ed.), Forestry insects of Hainan|date=2002|publisher=Science Press|location=Beijing|isbn=7030101898|pages=741–749}} – China (Hainan)

T. biseta Olejníček, 2004{{cite journal|last1=Olejníček|first1=J.|title=A note on the genus Trigonocera Becker, 1902 with description of a new species (Insecta, Diptera, Dolichopodidae)|journal=Acta Musei Moraviae, Scientiae Biologicae|date=2004|volume=89|pages=167–173}} has been moved to Chrysotus.

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