Ceratopos Explained

Ceratopos is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae, known from Algeria and Portugal.[1] It contains only one species, Ceratopos seguyi.[2] It is closely related to Syntormon,[3] and is considered a junior synonym of it according to Evenhuis & Bickel (2022).[4]

Notes and References

  1. 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. 1–69. 10.11646/zootaxa.4649.1.1. 31716932.
  2. Book: Negrobov, O.P.. 1991. Dolichopodidae–Platypezidae. Family Dolichopodidae. https://books.google.com/books?id=HDajGf3u6csC&pg=PA57. A.. Soós. L.. Papp. Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera. 7. Elsevier. 11–136. 9780444599940.
  3. Bickel. D. J.. 1999. Australian Sympycninae II: Syntormon Loew and Nothorhaphium, gen. nov., with a treatment of the Western Pacific fauna, and notes on the subfamily Rhaphiinae and Dactylonotus Parent (Diptera : Dolichopodidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy. 13. 1. 179–206. 10.1071/IT97028.
  4. Evenhuis. N.L.. Bickel. D.J.. 2021. Nomenclatural and taxonomic notes on Dolichopodidae genus-group names (Insecta: Diptera). Bishop Museum Occasional Papers. 141. Systema Dipterorum Nomenclatural Notes. I. 5–11.

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