Biology:Dytomyia

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Dytomyia
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Sciapodinae
Tribe: Sciapodini
Genus: Dytomyia
Bickel, 1994[1]
Type species
Sciapus sordidus
Parent, 1928

Dytomyia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is known from Australia , Madagascar and Kenya, with an undescribed species from Papua New Guinea.[1][2][3]

Species

The genus contains the following species:

  • Dytomyia bancrofti Bickel, 1994[1] – Australia
  • Dytomyia deconinckae Grichanov, 1998[4] – Madagascar
  • Dytomyia flavicaudata Grichanov, 2021[3] – Kenya
  • Dytomyia elenae Grichanov, 1998[4] – Madagascar
  • Dytomyia flaviseta Bickel, 1994[1] – Australia
  • Dytomyia lutescens (Vanschuytbroeck, 1952)[5] – Madagascar
  • Dytomyia paulyi Grichanov, 1998[4] – Madagascar
  • Dytomyia sordida (Parent, 1928) – Australia
  • Dytomyia torresiana Bickel, 1994[1] – Australia
  • Dytomyia tumifrons Bickel, 1994[1] – Australia

The species Sciapus nubilis Parent, 1935, which was described from a single female from Madagascar, was transferred to this genus in 2003,[6] but was later considered a nomen dubium in 2021.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Bickel, D. J. (1994). "The Australian Sciapodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with a review of the Oriental and Australasian faunas, and a world conspectus of the subfamily". Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 21: 1–394. doi:10.3853/j.0812-7387.21.1994.50. http://australianmuseum.net.au/uploads/journals/17049/50_complete.pdf. Retrieved 10 September 2015. 
  2. Evenhius, N. L. (17 April 2016). "Family Dolichopodidae". in Evenhius, N. L.. Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions (online version). http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/aocat/doli.html. Retrieved 10 April 2018. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Grichanov, I.Ya. (2021). "Discovery of Dytomyia Bickel (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) on the African continent with description of a new peculiar species from Kenya". Israel Journal of Entomology 51: 85–91. doi:10.5281/zenodo.5589575. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Grichanov, I. Ya. (1998). "New data on Sciapodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) with a revised catalogue and keys to Afrotropical species of the subfamily". Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique. Entomologie 68: 79–130. http://biblio.naturalsciences.be/rbins-publications/bulletins-de-linstitut-royal-des-sciences-naturelles-de-belgique-entomologie/68-1998/entomologie-68-1998_79-130.pdf. 
  5. Grichanov, I. Ya. (1999). "New species and new records of Afrotropical Sciapodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique. Entomologie 69: 113–135. http://biblio.naturalsciences.be/rbins-publications/bulletins-de-linstitut-royal-des-sciences-naturelles-de-belgique-entomologie/69-1999/entomo69-art113-135.pdf. 
  6. Grichanov, I. Ya. (2003). "New Afrotropical Sciapodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) with some new synonymy". Russian Entomological Journal 12 (3): 329–346. 2004. http://zmmu.msu.ru/files/images/spec/Russ%20Ent%20J/ent12_3%20329_346%20Grichanov.pdf. 

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