Dytomyia

Dytomyia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Dolichopodidae
Subfamily:	Sciapodinae
Tribe:	Sciapodini
Genus:	Dytomyia; Bickel, 1994
Type species
	Sciapus sordidus; Parent, 1928

Dytomyia is a genus in the Dolichopodidae: the name is an eponym of Peter Dyte, a specialist in this family of flies. It is known from Australia, Madagascar and Kenya, with an undescribed species from Papua New Guinea.

Species

The genus contains the following species:

Dytomyia bancrofti Bickel, 1994 – Australia
Dytomyia deconinckae Grichanov, 1998 – Madagascar
Dytomyia flavicaudata Grichanov, 2021 – Kenya
Dytomyia elenae Grichanov, 1998 – Madagascar
Dytomyia flaviseta Bickel, 1994 – Australia
Dytomyia lutescens (Vanschuytbroeck, 1952) – Madagascar
Dytomyia paulyi Grichanov, 1998 – Madagascar
Dytomyia sordida (Parent, 1928) – Australia
Dytomyia torresiana Bickel, 1994 – Australia
Dytomyia tumifrons Bickel, 1994 – Australia

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

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 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" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement. 21: 1–394. doi:10.3853/j.0812-7387.21.1994.50. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
↑ Evenhius, N. L. (17 April 2016). "Family Dolichopodidae". In Evenhius, N. L. (ed.). Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions (online version). Retrieved 10 April 2018.
1 2 3 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.
1 2 3 Grichanov, I. Ya. (1998). "New data on Sciapodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) with a revised catalogue and keys to Afrotropical species of the subfamily" (PDF). Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique. Entomologie. 68: 79–130.
↑ Grichanov, I. Ya. (1999). "New species and new records of Afrotropical Sciapodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique. Entomologie. 69: 113–135.
↑ Grichanov, I. Ya. (2003). "New Afrotropical Sciapodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) with some new synonymy" (PDF). Russian Entomological Journal. 12 (3) (published 2004): 329–346.

[Bickel1994-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 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" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement. 21: 1–394. doi:10.3853/j.0812-7387.21.1994.50. Retrieved 10 September 2015.

[2] Evenhius, N. L. (17 April 2016). "Family Dolichopodidae". In Evenhius, N. L. (ed.). Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions (online version). Retrieved 10 April 2018.

[Grichanov2021-3] 1 2 3 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.

[Grichanov1998-4] 1 2 3 Grichanov, I. Ya. (1998). "New data on Sciapodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) with a revised catalogue and keys to Afrotropical species of the subfamily" (PDF). Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique. Entomologie. 68: 79–130.

[Grichanov1999-5] Grichanov, I. Ya. (1999). "New species and new records of Afrotropical Sciapodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique. Entomologie. 69: 113–135.

[Grichanov2003-6] Grichanov, I. Ya. (2003). "New Afrotropical Sciapodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) with some new synonymy" (PDF). Russian Entomological Journal. 12 (3) (published 2004): 329–346.