Biology:Craterophorus

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Craterophorus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Medeterinae
Genus: Craterophorus
Lamb, 1921[1]
Type species
Craterophorus mirus
Lamb, 1921[1]

Craterophorus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae from the Afrotropical realm.[1] It is endemic to the islands of the western Indian Ocean.[2]

Species

  • Craterophorus currani Grichanov, 1998[3] – Mauritius
  • Craterophorus mirabilis Lamb, 1922[4] – Seychelles
  • Craterophorus mirus Lamb, 1921[1] – Seychelles
  • Craterophorus parenti Grichanov, 1998[3] – Madagascar
  • Craterophorus permirus Lamb, 1922[4] – Seychelles

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Lamb, C. G. (1921). "An unusual type of male-secondary sexual characters in Diptera". Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 20: 475–477. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95836#page/895/mode/1up. Retrieved 17 December 2015. 
  2. Grichanov, I.Ya. (1999). "A brief review of the Afrotropical fauna of the subfamily Medeterinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) with descriptions of a new genus and new species". Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Entomologie 69: 87–112. https://biblio.naturalsciences.be/rbins-publications/bulletins-de-linstitut-royal-des-sciences-naturelles-de-belgique-entomologie/bulletin-of-the-royal-belgian-institute-of-natural-sciences-entomology/69-1999/entomo69-art87-112.pdf. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Grichanov, I. Y. (1998). "Two new species of Craterophorus Lamb (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Indian Ocean islands". International Journal of Dipterological Research 9 (3): 207–211. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Lamb, C.G (1922). "The Percy Sladen Trust expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905, under leadership of Mr. J. Stanley Gardiner M.A. Vol.VII. No.VIII-Diptera: Asilidae, Scenopinidae, Dolichopodidae, Pipunculidae, Syrphidae.". Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology.. 2 (London: The Linnean Society of London) 18: 361–416. 

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