Dolichophorus Explained

Dolichophorus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It includes eight species distributed in the Palaearctic and Afrotropical realms. The adults have a metallic green, green-black or blue-black body coloring, with some pruinescence.^[1]

Revisions of the genus Medetera by Bickel in 1985 and 1987 suggested that Dolichophorus is derived from Medetera (rendering Medetera paraphyletic) and is closely related to the Medetera aberrans and Medetera melanesiana species groups.^{[2] [3]} This was confirmed by a 2011 molecular phylogenetic analysis of Medetera and related genera.^[4]

Species

• Dolichophorus caucasicus Grichanov, 2009^[1] – Azerbaijan (Lankaran)
• Dolichophorus friedmani Grichanov, 2009^[1] – Madagascar
• Dolichophorus hamatus (Parent, 1936)^[5] – DR Congo
• Dolichophorus immaculatus Parent, 1944^[6] – China
• Dolichophorus kerteszi Lichtwardt, 1902 – Europe
• Dolichophorus luteoscutatus (Parent, 1936)^[1] – DR Congo, Tanzania, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone
• Dolichophorus madagascariensis Grichanov, 2009^[1] – Madagascar
• Dolichophorus manukyani Grichanov, 2024^[5] – Madagascar

Notes and References

1. I. Ya.. Grichanov. 2009. Review of the genus Dolichophorus Lichtward, 1902 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae, Medeterinae). Far Eastern Entomologist. 201. 1–16.
2. Bickel. D.J.. 1985. A revision of the Nearctic Medetera (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Technical Bulletin. United States Department of Agriculture. 1692. 1–109. 10.22004/ag.econ.309598. free. 0082-9811.
3. Bickel. Daniel J.. A revision of the Oriental and Australian Medetera (Diptera: Dolichopodidae).. Records of the Australian Museum. 1987. 39. 4. 195–259. 22 December 2016. Australian Museum. Sydney. 0067-1975. 10.3853/j.0067-1975.39.1987.170. 12 May 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170512185332/https://australianmuseum.net.au/uploads/journals/17676/170_complete.pdf. dead.
4. Pollet. M.. Germann. C.. Bernasconi. M.V.. 2011. Phylogenetic analyses using molecular markers reveal ecological lineages in Medetera (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). The Canadian Entomologist. 143. 6 . 662–673. 10.4039/n11-031. 85695138 .
5. Grichanov. I.Ya.. 2024. A new species of Dolichophorus Lichtwardt, 1902 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Madagascar with a key to Afrotropical species. Caucasian Entomological Bulletin. 20. 1. 3–7. 10.5281/zenodo.10561398. free.
6. Parent. O.. Dipteres Dolichopodides recueillis en Chine du Nord, en Mongolie et en Mandchourie par le R. P. E. Licent.. 1944. Revue Française d'Entomologie. 10. 4. 121–131.