Asymphyloptera

Asymphyloptera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Empididae
Subfamily: Clinocerinae
Genus: Asymphyloptera
Collin, 1933
Type species
Asymphyloptera discrepans
Collin, 1933

Asymphyloptera is a genus of Empidid fly that belongs to the subfamily Clinocerinae. The can be found distributed across the New World and the Australasian region.

Distribution

Members of this genus can be found distributed across the New World and in the Australasian region. In the New World, they can be found in Chile, Peru, Venezuela, Colombia, Mexico, Costa Rica, Dominica and the United States. In the Australasian region, they can be found in Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia and Norfolk Island.

Taxonomy

Taxonomic history

The taxonomic history of Asymphyloptera begins with this genus being created in 1933 by James Edward Collin, a English entomologist that specializes in Dipteran taxonomy. The type species for this genus is Asymphyloptera discrepans. This genus along with Afroclinocera and Proagomyia were initially thought to be a sister group to other Clinocerinae genera. However a study by (Vojvoda Zeljko et al, 2024) has raised doubts on the placement of Asymphyloptera within Clinocerinae.

Records of Asymphyloptera were originally restricted to type specimens. This was until (Sinclair, 1995) where several specimens of undescribed species were collected in Arizona, Costa Rica and Venezuela. Then seven new species from the New World, mostly from South America, was described by (Sinclair, 2015), they were; A. cajanuma (Ecuador), A. chilensis (Chile), A. chiricahua (Arizona), A. dominica (Dominica), A. havasu (Arizona), A. lutea (Costa Rica) and A. mexicana (Mexico). Then in 2023, two members of this genus were discovered; A. miraflorensis and A. tama.

Species

There are currently 12 described species discovered to belong to this genus. They are listed below:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Collin, James Edward (1933). "Empididae". Diptera of Patagonia and South Chile. 4: viii + 334.
  2. 1 2 Ramos-Pastrana, Yardany; Córdoba-Suarez, Eric; Gamboa, Jean (2026-04-30). "A new species of Asymphyloptera Collin (Diptera, Empididae, Clinocerinae) from the Colombian Andean-Amazon cloud forest, and an updated key to males of South American species". ZooKeys (1278): 215–224. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1278.188430. ISSN 1313-2970.
  3. 1 2 3 Sinclair, Bradley J. (2015-11-27). "New World species of Asymphyloptera Collin (Diptera: Empididae: Clinocerinae)". Zootaxa. 4048 (4): 553–564. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4048.4.6. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 26624767.
  4. ↑ Sinclair, Bradley J. (December 1999). "Review of the Clinocerinae of Southern Africa (Diptera: Empididae)". Annals of the Natal Museum. 40 (1): 103–125. hdl:10520/AJA03040798_111.
  5. ↑ Vojvoda Zeljko, Tanja; Pavlek, Martina; Wahlberg, Emma; Sinclair, Bradley J.; Ivković, Marija (October 2024). "Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of the aquatic dance fly subfamily Clinocerinae ( Diptera: Empididae )". Systematic Entomology. 49 (4): 635–648. Bibcode:2024SysEn..49..635V. doi:10.1111/syen.12637. ISSN 0307-6970.
  6. ↑ Sinclair, Bradley J. (October 1995). "Generic Revision of the Clinocerinae (Empididae), and Description and Phylogenetic Relationships of the Trichopezinae, New Status (Diptera: Empidoidea)". The Canadian Entomologist. 127 (5): 665–752. Bibcode:1995CaEnt.127..665S. doi:10.4039/Ent127665-5. ISSN 1918-3240.
  7. 1 2 Ramos-Pastrana, Yardany; Crdoba-Suarez, Eric; Sinclair, Bradley J. (2023-11-17). "Two new species of Asymphyloptera Collin (Diptera: Empididae: Clinocerinae) from Colombia, with an updated key to males of New World species". Zootaxa. 5374 (3): 437–444. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5374.3.8. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 38220850.
  8. ↑ Smith, K.G.V. (1961). "A new species of Asymphyloptera Collin (Dipt., Empididae, Clinocerinae) from Australia". The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. 96: 245.