Cymatopus Explained

Cymatopus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. Members of the genus are found on rocky coasts of the Indo-West Pacific.^{[1] [2]}

Species

The genus includes the following species:

The following four Neotropical species may belong in a different genus, according to some researchers:^[1]

• Cymatopus bredini Robinson, 1975^[3] – Dominica, Montserrat
• Cymatopus cheesmanae (Parent, 1934) – Cocos Island, Galápagos Islands
• Cymatopus setosus (Curran, 1932) – Galápagos Islands
• Cymatopus wirthi Robinson, 1975^[3] – Panama

Cymatopus capensis Parent, 1939^[4] is a synonym of Cemocarus griseatus (Curran, 1926), the type species of Cemocarus.

Notes and References

1. Evenhuis. N. L.. New Cymatopus (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Fiji and related areas, with notes on described species. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers. 2005. 82. 31–45. 28 September 2015.
2. Masunaga. Kazuhiro. Evenhuis. Neal. Two new species of the genus Cymatopus Kertész from the Mariana Islands (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Zootaxa. 2012. 3159. 36–46. 10.11646/zootaxa.3159.1.2.
3. Robinson. Harold. Bredin-Archbold-Smithsonian Biological Survey of Dominica. The Family Dolichopodidae with Some Related Antillean and Panamanian Species (Diptera). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1975. 185. 1–141. 185 . 10.5479/si.00810282.185. free. 10088/5375. free.
4. Parent. O.. Diptères Dolichopodides de la region Ethiopienne. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines. 1939. 32. 256–282.