Acelyphus Explained

Acelyphus is a genus of beetle flies. It is known from the Indomalayan realm.^[1]

Description

Species of the genus Acelyphus are distinguished by the discal and second basal cell of the wing being joined.^[1]

Species

• A. boettcheri Frey, 1941^[1]
• A. burmanus Datta, 1987^[2]
• A. digitatus Tenorio, 1969^[1]
• A. lateralis Tenorio, 1969^[1]
• A. lyneborgi Vanschuytbroeck, 1967^[3]
• A. melanothorax Tenorio, 1969^[1]
• A. politus Malloch, 1929^[1]
• A. prolatus Tenorio, 1972^[4]
• A. repletus Malloch, 1929^[1]
• A. retusus Tenorio, 1972^[4]
• A. stigmaticus (Hendel, 1914)^[1]

Notes and References

1. Tenorio. JoAnn M. . 1969. A Revision of the Celyphidae (DIPTERA) From the Philippine Islands. Pacific Insects. 11. 3–4. 579–611. Hawaii Biological Survey.
2. Datta . M. . Spaniocelyphus burmanus spec. nov. and Acelyphus burmanus spec. nov. two new Celyphidae from Burma (Diptera). . Opusc. Zool. Fluminensia . 1987 . 12 . 1–4.
3. Vanschuytbroeck . P. . Contribution a la connaissance des Celyphidae (Diptera) des Philippines et du Sud-Est asiatique . Entomologisk Forening . 1967 . 35 . 283–290 . 26 October 2019.
4. Tenorio . J. M. . A revision of the Celyphidae (Diptera) of the Oriental Region . Transactions of the Entomological Society of London . 1972 . 123 . 359–453. 359–453 . 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1972.tb00847.x .