Dytomyia Explained

Dytomyia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is known from Australia, Madagascar and Kenya, with an undescribed species from Papua New Guinea.^{[1] [2]}

Species

The genus contains the following species:

• Dytomyia bancrofti Bickel, 1994 – Australia
• Dytomyia deconinckae Grichanov, 1998^[3] – Madagascar
• Dytomyia flavicaudata Grichanov, 2021^[2] – Kenya
• Dytomyia elenae Grichanov, 1998^[3] – Madagascar
• Dytomyia flaviseta Bickel, 1994 – Australia
• Dytomyia lutescens (Vanschuytbroeck, 1952)^[4] – Madagascar
• Dytomyia paulyi Grichanov, 1998^[3] – Madagascar
• Dytomyia sordida (Parent, 1928) – Australia
• Dytomyia torresiana Bickel, 1994 – Australia
• Dytomyia tumifrons Bickel, 1994 – Australia

The species Sciapus nubilis Parent, 1935, which was described from a single female from Madagascar, was transferred to this genus in 2003,^[5] but was later considered a nomen dubium in 2021.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Book: Evenhius, N. L.. Family Dolichopodidae. http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/aocat/doli.html. Evenhius. N. L.. Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions (online version). 17 April 2016. 10 April 2018.
2. Grichanov. I.Ya.. 2021. Discovery of Dytomyia Bickel (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) on the African continent with description of a new peculiar species from Kenya. Israel Journal of Entomology. 51. 85–91. 10.5281/zenodo.5589575. free.
3. Grichanov. I. Ya.. 1998. New data on Sciapodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) with a revised catalogue and keys to Afrotropical species of the subfamily. Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique. Entomologie. 68. 79–130.
4. Grichanov. I. Ya.. 1999. New species and new records of Afrotropical Sciapodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique. Entomologie. 69. 113–135.
5. I. Ya.. Grichanov. 2003. 2004. New Afrotropical Sciapodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) with some new synonymy. Russian Entomological Journal. 12. 3. 329–346.