Dactylonotus Explained

Dactylonotus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. Six of the species in the genus are found in southern Africa, though one species, Dactylonotus formosus, is found in New Zealand.^[1]

Species

• Dactylonotus formosus (Parent, 1933)^[2] – New Zealand
• Dactylonotus frater Parent, 1939^[3] – Zimbabwe
• Dactylonotus grandicornis Parent, 1934 – South Africa
• Dactylonotus nigricorpus Grichanov, 2016^[1] – South Africa (Western Cape)
• Dactylonotus rudebecki Vanschuytbroeck, 1960 – South Africa (Western Cape)
• Dactylonotus tsitsikamma Grichanov, 2016^[1] – South Africa (Eastern Cape)
• Dactylonotus univittatus (Loew, 1858)^[4] – South Africa

Dactylonotus meuffelsi Grichanov, 1998^[2] is a synonym of D. rudebecki Vanschuytbroeck, 1960.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Grichanov. I. Ya.. 2016. Two new species of Dactylonotus Parent, 1934 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from South Africa and a key to Afrotropical species. PDF. European Journal of Taxonomy. 175. 1–9. 10.5852/ejt.2016.175. free.
2. Grichanov. I. Ya.. A new species of Dactylonotus Parent (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from South Africa. International Journal of Dipterological Research. 1998. 9. 27–29.
3. Parent. Octave. Diptères Dolichopodides de la region Ethiopienne. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines. 1939. 32. 256–282.
4. Loew . Hermann . Bidrag till kannedomen om Afrikas Diptera [part] ]. Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-akademiens forhandlingar . 1858 . (1857) 14 . 337–383 . 6 May 2019.
5. Grichanov. I. Ya.. 2011. An illustrated synopsis and keys to afrotropical genera of the epifamily Dolichopodoidae (Diptera: Empidoidea). Priamus Supplement. 24. 1–98.