Corindia Explained

Corindia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is known mainly from the Afrotropical and Australasian realms, with a single species from the Palaearctic realm and an undescribed species also known from the Neotropical realm. The genus was first described in 1986 by Daniel J. Bickel, who originally considered it to be the sister group of the genus Thrypticus. Bickel later suggested that Corindia may represent a plesiomorphic and paraphlyetic assemblage from which Thrypticus arose.^[1]

In Australia, adults of the genus are often found on smooth-barked eucalypt trees, and display a stance similar to that of Medetera. The genus is named after Corindi, a geographical place name of aboriginal origin on the New South Wales northern coast.

Species

Australasian realm:^{[2] [3] [1]}

• Corindia amieuensis Bickel, 2014 – New Caledonia
• Corindia capricornis Bickel, 1986 – Australia
• Corindia collessi Bickel, 1986 – Australia
• Corindia cooloola Bickel, 1986 – Australia
• Corindia flaviscuta Bickel, 2014 – New Caledonia
• Corindia gascoynensis Bickel, 2013 – Australia
• Corindia major Bickel, 1986 – Australia
• Corindia minor Bickel, 1986 – Australia
• Corindia mulleri Bickel, 2014 – Papua New Guinea
• Corindia nigricornis Bickel, 1986 – Australia
• Corindia robensis Bickel, 1986 – Australia
• Corindia torresiana Bickel, 1986 – Australia
• Corindia trudis Bickel, 1986 – Australia

Afrotropical realm:

• Corindia danielssoni Grichanov, 1998^[4] – Gambia, DR Congo
• Corindia demoulini Grichanov, 2000^[5] – DR Congo
• Corindia saegeri Grichanov, 1998^[4] – DR Congo, Gabon, Namibia
• Corindia verschureni Grichanov, 1998^[4] – DR Congo

Palaearctic realm:

• Corindia viridis (Parent, 1932)^[6]

Notes and References

1. Book: Bickel. D.J.. 2014. Corindia (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from New Caledonia and the Papuan Region. Guilbert. É.. Robillard. T.. Jourdan. H.. Grandcolas. P.. Zoologia Neocaledonica 8: Biodiversity studies in New Caledonia. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. 206. 201–208. 978-2-85653-707-7. 1243-4442.
2. 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.
3. D. J.. Bickel. 2013. The family Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of the Pilbara region, Western Australia in its Australasian biogeographic context, with the description of 19 new species. Records of the Western Australian Museum. Supplement 83. 291–348. 10.18195/issn.0313-122x.83.2013.291-348. free.
4. Grichanov. I. Y.. Three new Afrotropical species of the Australian genus Corindia Bickel (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). International Journal of Dipterological Research. 1998. 9. 191–194.
5. Grichanov. I. Y.. New Afrotropical Sciapodinae and Medeterinae with a review of Namibian Dolichopodidae (Diptera). Stud. Dipt. Dipterologica . 2000. 7. 399–435.
6. Drake. C.M.. Godfrey. A.. Gibbs. D.J.. 2023. Thrypticus and Corindia in Britain, with the description of two new species and the addition of two species to the British list (Diptera, Dolichopodidae, Medeterinae). Dipterists Digest. Second Series. 30. 172–199.