Grootaertia

Grootaertia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Dolichopodidae
Subfamily:	Medeterinae
Genus:	Grootaertia; Grichanov, 1999
Type species
	Grootaertia kuznetsovi; Grichanov, 1999

Grootaertia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae from southern Africa. It is close in appearance to the genus Paramedetera. The genus is named after the Belgian entomologist Patrick Grootaert.

Species

Grootaertia anomalipennis Grichanov, 1999 – South Africa (Western Cape)
Grootaertia anomalopyga Grichanov, 1999 – South Africa (Western Cape)
Grootaertia asymmetrica Grichanov, 1999 – South Africa (Western Cape)
Grootaertia bistylata Grichanov, 1999 – South Africa (Western Cape)
Grootaertia brevipennis Grichanov, 2000 – South Africa (Western Cape)
Grootaertia irwini Grichanov, 2000 – South Africa (Western Cape)
Grootaertia kuznetsovi Grichanov, 1999 – South Africa (Western Cape, Eastern Cape)
Grootaertia skorpionensis Grichanov, Kirk-Spriggs & Grootaert, 2006 – southern Namibia

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 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" (PDF). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Entomologie. 69: 87–112.
1 2 Grichanov, Igor Grichanov (2000). "New Afrotropical Sciapodinae and Medeterinae with a review of Namibian Dolichopodidae (Diptera)". Studia dipterologica. 7: 399–435.
↑ Grichanov, I. Y.; Kirk-Spriggs, A. H.; Grootaert, P. (2006). "An annotated checklist of Namibian Dolichopodidae (Diptera) with the description of a new species of Grootaertia and a key to species of the genus" (PDF). African Invertebrates. 47: 207–227. hdl:10520/EJC84561. Retrieved 12 October 2019.

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[Grichanov1999-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 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" (PDF). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Entomologie. 69: 87–112.

[Grichanov2000-2] 1 2 Grichanov, Igor Grichanov (2000). "New Afrotropical Sciapodinae and Medeterinae with a review of Namibian Dolichopodidae (Diptera)". Studia dipterologica. 7: 399–435.

[Grichanovb2006-3] Grichanov, I. Y.; Kirk-Spriggs, A. H.; Grootaert, P. (2006). "An annotated checklist of Namibian Dolichopodidae (Diptera) with the description of a new species of Grootaertia and a key to species of the genus" (PDF). African Invertebrates. 47: 207–227. hdl:10520/EJC84561. Retrieved 12 October 2019.