Anepsiomyia Explained

Anepsiomyia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.^[1] It contains only one extant species from Europe, Anepsiomyia flaviventris, as well as two fossil species from the Eocene of Russia and Belarus. The systematic position of the genus is currently uncertain: it has been variously placed in subfamilies such as Sympycninae and Peloropeodinae.^{[2] [3]}

Taxonomic history

The species Anepsiomyia flaviventris was first described as Porphyrops flaviventris by Johann Wilhelm Meigen in 1824. In 1857, Hermann Loew classified the species as its own genus, Anepsius, which he considered to be most closely related to the genus Sympycnus; the name Anepsius is derived from the Ancient Greek word Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ἀνεψιός ('cousin'), referring to this close relationship.^[4] Later, Mario Bezzi found this name to be preoccupied by the darkling beetle genus Anepsius (LeConte, 1851), so he renamed Loew's genus to Anepsiomyia in 1902.

Distribution

A. flaviventris is found in Northwestern and central Europe, as well as in Portugal.^{[5] [6] [7]}

Notes and References

1. Book: Yang. D.. Zhu. Y.. Wang. M.. Zhang. L.. World Catalog of Dolichopodidae (Insecta: Diptera).. 2006. China Agricultural University Press. Beijing. 9787811171020. 1–704.
2. Bernasconi. M. V.. Pollet. M.. Ward. P. I.. 2007. Molecular systematics of Dolichopodidae (Diptera) inferred from COI and 12S rDNA gene sequences based on European exemplars. Invertebrate Systematics. 21. 453–470. 10.1071/IS06043.
3. C.. Germann. M.. Pollet. C.. Wimmer. M.V.. Bernasconi. 2011. Molecular data sheds light on the classification of long-legged flies (Diptera : Dolichopodidae). Invertebrate Systematics. 25. 4. 303–321. 10.1071/IS11029.
4. Loew. H.. 1864. Monographs of the Diptera of North America. Part II. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 6. 1–360.
5. Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Parts I, II. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi.
6. Parent, O. (1938) Diptères Dolichopodidae. Paris: Éditions Faune de France 35 . 720 p., 1. 002 fig. Bibliotheque Virtuelle Numerique pdf
7. M.. Pollet. R.. Andrade. A.. Gonçalves. P.. Andrade. V.. Jacinto. J.. Almeida. A.. De Braekeleer. H.. Van Calster. D.. Brosens. 2019. Dipterological surveys in Portugal unveil 200 species of long-legged flies, with over 170 new to the country (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Zootaxa. 4649. 1. zootaxa.4649.1.1. 10.11646/zootaxa.4649.1.1. 31716932.