Oncopygius

Oncopygius
Temporal range: Upper Oligocene–Present
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Neurigoninae
Tribe: Neurigonini
Genus: Oncopygius
Mik, 1866
Type species
Systenus ornatus
Mik, 1866

Oncopygius is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It includes three living species in Europe, mainly recorded from montane habitats in Central and Southeastern Europe. Also associated with the genus are three extinct species known from fossils found in the Rott Formation of Germany, dated to the Oligocene.

Species

References

  1. 1 2 Mik, Josef (1866). "Beitrag zur Dipterenfauna des österreichischen Küstenlandes". Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien (in German). 16: 301–310.
  2. ↑ Negrobov, O.P. (1991). "Family Dolichopodidae". In Soós, A.; Papp, L. (eds.). Dolichopodidae–Platypezidae. Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera. Vol. 7. Elsevier. pp. 11–136. ISBN 9780444599940.
  3. ↑ Tkoč, Michel; Pollet, Marc (2012). "Oncopygius distans (Diptera: Dolichopodidae): first record from the Czech Republic, and first detailed records from Baden-Württemberg (Germany)" (PDF). Klapalekiana. 48: 275–278. ISSN 1210-6100.
  4. ↑ Sphon, Gale G. (1973). "Additional type specimens of fossil invertebrate in the collections of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County". Contributions in Science (250): 1–75.