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Chrysotus

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Chrysotus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.[4] It is one of the largest genera in the subfamily Diaphorinae, with more than 460 species.[5][6] However, the genus is probably paraphyletic, and possibly even polyphyletic, with respect to several related genera such as Achradocera, Falbouria and Lyroneurus.[6][7]

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Subgenera and species groups

The genus has two subgenera:

  • Angiopus Meuffels & Grootaert, 1996 – includes only C. halteratus[1]
  • Chrysotus Meigen, 1824 – all other species are placed in this subgenus, split into many species groups and subgroups:
    • C. albipalpus species group
    • C. cilipes species group – Palaearctic
    • C. javanensis species group
    • C. laesus species group (22 species)[8]Palaearctic + Oriental
      • C. adunatus species subgroup (1) – includes only C. adunatus
      • C. brevicercus species subgroup (12)
      • C. nudisetus species subgroup (5)
      • C. laesus species subgroup (3)
      • C. trapezinus species subgroup (1) – includes only C. trapezinus
    • C. leigongshanus species group (59 species)[6]China
      • C. apicibifidus species subgroup (22)
      • C. apicirotundus species subgroup (9)
      • C. apicisetosus species subgroup (9)
      • C. chishuiensis species subgroup (10)
      • C. comminus species subgroup (2)
      • C. daozhenus species subgroup (3)
      • 4 unplaced species
    • C. longipalpus species group (12 species)[9]
    • C. mediotinctus species group (5 species)[10]South America
    • C. niger (?) species group
    • C. papuanus species group (107 species)[5]China
      • C. abatus species subgroup (14)
      • C. abdominus species subgroup (88)
      • C. araeobasus species subgroup (3)
      • C. papuanus species subgroup (1) – includes only C. papuanus
      • C. zhuae species subgroup (1) – includes only C. zhuae
    • C. philtrum species group

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Meuffels, H.J.G.; Grootaert, P. (1996). "Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from Papua New Guinea XIII. A remarkable new subgenus in the genus Chrysotus". Bulletin & Annales de la Société Royale Belge d'Entomologie. 132 (2): 223–231. (Snippet view only)
  2. ^ Evenhuis, Neal L.; Pape, Thomas (2019). "Nomenclatural Studies Toward a World List of Diptera Genus-Group Names Part VII: Johann Wilhelm Meigen". Zootaxa. 4703 (1): 1–193. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4703.1.1. PMID 32229894.
  3. ^ Pollet, Marc A. A.; Brooks, Scott Edward; Cumming, Jeffrey Malcolm (2004). "Catalog of the Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of America north of Mexico". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. American Museum of Natural History. 283: 1–114. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2004)283<0001:cotddo>2.0.co;2. hdl:2246/451.
  4. ^ Wang, M.; Yang, D.; Grootaert, P. (2008). "New species of Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from China". Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Entomologie. 78: 251–257.
  5. ^ a b Wei, Lianmeng; Zhang, Lei; Zhou, Zhengxiang (2014). "A review of the genus Chrysotus Meigen (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from China with definition of papuanus species group". Oriental Insects. 48 (3–4): 187–298. doi:10.1080/00305316.2015.1005960. S2CID 82382090.
  6. ^ a b c Wei, Lianmeng (2018). "A review of the genus Chrysotus Meigen (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from China with definition of the leigongshanus species group". Oriental Insects. 52 (sup1): 1–158. doi:10.1080/00305316.2017.1421338. S2CID 90584996.
  7. ^ Capellari, R.S.; Amorim, D.S. (2012). "Systematic position of the monotypic Azorean genus Falbouria Dyte with notes on the definition of Chrysotus Meigen (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". Zootaxa. 3489: 81–88. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3489.1.5.
  8. ^ Zhou, Zhengxiang; Wei, Lianmeng (2017). "Chrysotus Meigen (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from China with descriptions of five new species belonging to the Ch. laesus-group". Oriental Insects. 51 (3): 227–245. doi:10.1080/00305316.2016.1276486. S2CID 90129686.
  9. ^ Runyon, Justin B.; Capellari, Renato S. (2018). "Palpi aplenty: new species in the Chrysotus longipalpus species group (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". Zootaxa. 4399 (4): 579–585. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4399.4.8. PMID 29690297.
  10. ^ Capellari, R. S.; Amorim, D. de S. (2014). "New combinations and synonymies for Neotropical species of Diaphorinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Contributions to Entomology. doi:10.21248/contrib.entomol.64.2.375-381.
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Chrysotus: Brief Summary

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Chrysotus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is one of the largest genera in the subfamily Diaphorinae, with more than 460 species. However, the genus is probably paraphyletic, and possibly even polyphyletic, with respect to several related genera such as Achradocera, Falbouria and Lyroneurus.

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