Australachalcus Explained

Australachalcus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is very closely related to the genus Achalcus, in which some of its species were originally placed. The name Australachalcus ("southern Achalcus") refers to the southern hemisphere, where the genus reaches its highest levels of species richness.

Species

• Australachalcus acornis Pollet, 2005
• Australachalcus albipalpus (Parent, 1931)
• Australachalcus brevinervis (Van Duzee, 1930)^[1]
• Australachalcus browni Pollet, 2005
• Australachalcus chaetifemoratus (Parent, 1933)
• Australachalcus cummingi Pollet, 2005
• Australachalcus edwardsae (Van Duzee, 1930)^[1]
• Australachalcus incisicornis Pollet, 2005
• Australachalcus japonicus Pollet & Stark, 2005^[2]
• Australachalcus latipennis Pollet, 2005^[3]
• Australachalcus longicornis (Van Duzee, 1930)^[1]
• Australachalcus luteipes (Parent, 1933)
• Australachalcus medius (Parent, 1933)
• Australachalcus melanotrichus (Mik, 1878)
• Australachalcus minor (Parent, 1933)
• Australachalcus minusculus (Parent, 1933)
• Australachalcus minutus (Parent, 1933)
• Australachalcus nigroscutatus (Parent, 1933)
• Australachalcus pseudorobustus Pollet, 2005
• Australachalcus relictus (Parent, 1933)
• Australachalcus robustus Pollet, 2005
• Australachalcus separatus (Parent, 1933)
• Australachalcus setosus Pollet, 2005
• Australachalcus variabilis Pollet, 2005

Notes and References

1. Van Duzee. M. C.. Dolichopodidae. Diptera of Patagonia and South Chile. . 1930. 5. 1. 1–92.
2. Pollet. M.. Stark. A.. Australachalcus japonicus sp. n. the first record of an achalcine species from Japan (Diptera: Dolichopodidae, Achalcinae). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Entomologie. 2005. 75. 147–153.
3. Pollet. M. A. A.. Nearctic Achalcinae with a first Australachalcus species of North America (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). European Journal of Entomology. 2005. 102. 2. 279–288. 10.14411/eje.2005.039. free.