Achalcinae Explained

Achalcinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.^{[1] [2] [3]} It is an ancestral group close to Medeterinae and Sciapodinae.

Genera

• Achalcus Loew, 1857
• Apterachalcus Bickel, 1992^[4]
• Australachalcus Pollet, 2005^[5]
• Scepastopyga Grootaert & Meuffels, 1997
• Xanthina Aldrich, 1902^[6]

Notes and References

1. Igor Ya.. Grichanov. 2017. Alphabetic list of generic and specific names of predatory flies of the epifamily Dolichopodoidae (Diptera). 2nd ed.. Plant Protection News, Supplements. All-Union Research Institute of Plant Protection (VISR). St.Petersburg. 23. 10.5281/zenodo.884863. free.
2. Book: D'Assis Fonseca. E.C.M.. 1978. Dolichopodidae (Diptera, Orthorrhapha, Brachycera) (Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects 9/5). 1–90. Royal Entomological Society of London. London. 20 January 2020. 26 April 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210426111210/https://www.royensoc.co.uk/sites/default/files/Vol09_Part05.pdf. dead.
3. Book: Yang. D.. Zhu. Y.. Wang. M.. Zhang. L.. World Catalog of Dolichopodidae (Insecta: Diptera).. 2006. China Agricultural University Press. Beijing. 9787811171020. 1–704.
4. Bickel. D. J.. Sciapodinae, Medeterinae (Insecta: Diptera) with a generic review of the Dolichopodidae. 31 December 2015. Fauna of New Zealand. 1991. 13 Jan 1992. 23. 1–74. 7 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160307023454/http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/49017/FNZ23Bickel1991150.pdf. dead.
5. Pollet. M.. Systematic revision of Neotropical Achalcus and a related new genus (Diptera: Dolichopodidae, Achalcinae) with comments on their phylogeny, ecology and zoogeography. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 2005. 143. 1. 27–73. 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2004.00141.x. free.
6. Aldrich. J. M.. Dolichopodidae of Grenada, W. I.. Kansas University Science Bulletin. 1902. 1. 3. 75–94, pl. 4.