Micropygus

Micropygus
Micropygus bipunctatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Sympycninae
Genus: Micropygus
Bickel & Dyte, 1989
Type species
Micropygus bifenestratus
Parent, 1933
Synonyms

Micropygus Parent, 1933
(unavailable)

Micropygus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is native to New Zealand, though the species Micropygus vagans is also found in the British Isles as an introduced species. The genus was originally named by Octave Parent in 1933. However, as the genus was not designated a type species, this name was unavailable until 1989, when Daniel J. Bickel and C. E. Dyte designated Micropygus bifenestratus as the type species.

Species

There are 16 species included in the genus:

References

  1. 1 2 3 Bickel, D. J.; Dyte, C. E. (1989). "Family Dolichopodidae" (PDF). Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions: 393–418. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  2. 1 2 Parent, O. (1933). "Étude monographique sur les Diptères Dolichopodides de Nouvelle Zélande". Annales de la Société Scientifique de Bruxelles. Série B. Sciences Physiques et Naturelles. 53: 325–441.
  3. ↑ Drake, Martin (Autumn 2014). "Micropygus vagans Parent – our spreading non-native dolichopodid" (PDF). Empidid & Dolichopodid Recording Scheme (19): 1.