Dolichopus Explained

Dolichopus is a large cosmopolitan genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. Adults are small flies, typically less than 8 mm in length. Nearly all species are metallic greenish-blue to greenish-bronze.^[1] It is the largest genus of Dolichopodidae with more than 600 species worldwide.^[2]

The name of the genus (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: δολιχός, long, and Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ποὺς, foot) refers to the length of the feet of its species.^[3]

Species groups and subgenera

The following species groups exist in Dolichopus:

• Dolichopus latipennis species group (= Hygroceleuthus Loew, 1857)^[4]
• Dolichopus lonchophorus species group^[5]
• Dolichopus longisetus species group^[6]
• Dolichopus planitarsis species group (8 species)^[7] – Palaearctic
• Dolichopus plumipes species group (11 species)^[8] – Palaearctic
• Dolichopus sagittarius species group^[9]
• Dolichopus salictorum species group^[10]
• Dolichopus signifer species group^[11]
• Dolichopus sublimbatus species group (4 species)^[12]
• Dolichopus tewoensis species group (3 species)^[13] – China

Sometimes the following are considered subgenera of Dolichopus:^[14]

• Dolichopus Latreille, 1796
• Hygroceleuthus Loew, 1857 (= Dolichopus latipennis species group)
• Macrodolichopus Stackelberg, 1933

See also

• List of Dolichopus species

Notes and References

1. Book: D'Assis Fonseca, E.C.M.. 1978. Dolichopodidae (Diptera, Orthorrhapha, Brachycera) (Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects 9/5). 90 pp. Royal Entomological Society of London. 8 July 2015. London. https://web.archive.org/web/20120513113613/http://www.royensoc.co.uk/sites/default/files/old_res_handbooks/Vol09_Part05.pdf. 13 May 2012. dead.
2. Book: Yang. D.. Zhu. Y.. Wang. M.. Zhang. L.. World Catalog of Dolichopodidae (Insecta: Diptera).. 2006. China Agricultural University Press. Beijing. 9787811171020. 1–704.
3. Web site: Genus Dolichopus. BugGuide.net. 2019-07-30.
4. Barkalov . Anatolii V. . Negrobov, Oleg P.. Grichanov, Igor Ya.. 2009 . The Dolichopus latipennis species group (=Hygroceleuthus Loew) in the Palearctic Region (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) . Zootaxa . 2087 . 37–45 . Magnolia Press . 1175-5326 . 10.11646/zootaxa.2087.1.2 .
5. O.P.. Negrobov. O.V.. Selivanova. O.O.. Maslova. 2012. New data on the taxonomy of the group Dolichopus lonchophorus Loew, 1873 (Dolichopodidae: Diptera). Caucasian Entomological Bulletin. 8. 1. 175–180. 10.23885/1814-3326-2012-8-1-175-180. free. 2018-03-28. 2018-03-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20180329053906/http://www.ssc-ras.ru/files/files/30_Negrobov.pdf. dead.
6. Negrobov. O.P.. Selivanova. O.V.. Maslova. O.O.. 2014. New data on the systematics of the Palaearctic species of the Dolichopus longisetus Negrobov, 1977 group (Diptera, Dolichopodidae). Entomological Review. 94. 6. 914–919. 10.1134/S0013873814060104. 38651134.
7. Barkalov . Anatolii V. . Negrobov, Oleg P.. Grichanov, Igor Ya.. 2009 . The Dolichopus planitarsis species group in the Palearctic Region with the description of a new species from the Russian Altai (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) . Zootaxa . 2268 . 59–64 . Magnolia Press . 1175-5326 . 10.11646/zootaxa.2268.1.5 .
8. Samad. Khaghaninia. Yaser. Gharajedaghi. Igor Ya.. Grichanov. 2014. The Dolichopus plumipes species group (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) in the Palaearctic Region with the description of a new species from Iran. PDF. Journal of Insect Biodiversity. 2. 1. 1–9. 10.12976/jib/2014.2.1. free. 2018-12-31. 2019-04-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20190430183506/https://www.mapress.com/j/jib/article/download/2014.2.1/14148. dead.
9. O.P.. Negrobov. O.V.. Selivanova. O.O.. Maslova. 2013. Review of Palaearctic species of the Dolichopus sagittarius group Loew, 1848 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with description of a new species from Kazakhstan. Caucasian Entomological Bulletin. 9. 1. 187–190. 10.23885/1814-3326-2013-9-1-187-190. free.
10. O.O.. Maslova. O.P.. Negrobov. O.V.. Selivanova. 2011. The review of species of group Dolichopus salictorum Loew, 1871 (Dolichopodidae: Diptera). Caucasian Entomological Bulletin. 7. 1. 103–108. Russian. 10.23885/1814-3326-2011-7-1-103-108. free.
11. O. V.. Selivanova. O. P.. Negrobov. A. V.. Barkalov. 2012. New data on the systematics of the palaearctic species of the Dolichopus signifier group (Diptera, Dolichopodidae). Entomological Review. 92. 4. 440–446. 10.1134/S0013873812040094. 21837222.
12. Maslova. O.O.. Negrobov. O.P.. Selivanova. O.V.. 2012. New data on the systematics of the species of the Dolichopus sublimbatus Becker group (Diptera, Dolichopodidae). Entomological Review. 93. 2. 243–248. 10.1134/S0013873813020139. 25830616.
13. Lili. Zhang. Ding. Yang. Patrick. Grootaert. 2004. Revision of the Dolichopus tewoensis group (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) from China. Biologia, Bratislava. 59. 5. 553–557. 10.1.1.489.8384.
14. Book: Negrobov, O.P.. 1991. Dolichopodidae–Platypezidae. Family Dolichopodidae. https://books.google.com/books?id=HDajGf3u6csC&pg=PA96. A.. Soós. L.. Papp. Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera. 7. Elsevier. 11–136. 9780444599940.