Grootaertia Explained

Grootaertia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae from the Afrotropical realm. The genus is named after the Belgian entomologist Patrick Grootaert.

Species

• Grootaertia anomalipennis Grichanov, 1999 – South Africa
• Grootaertia anomalopyga Grichanov, 1999 – South Africa
• Grootaertia asymmetrica Grichanov, 1999 – South Africa
• Grootaertia bistylata Grichanov, 1999 – South Africa
• Grootaertia brevipennis Grichanov, 2000^[1] – South Africa
• Grootaertia irwini Grichanov, 2000^[1] – South Africa
• Grootaertia kuznetsovi Grichanov, 1999 – South Africa
• Grootaertia skorpionensis Grichanov, Kirk-Spriggs & Grootaert, 2006^[2] – Namibia

Notes and References

1. Grichanov. Igor Grichanov. New Afrotropical Sciapodinae and Medeterinae with a review of Namibian Dolichopodidae (Diptera). Studia dipterologica. 2000. 7. 399–435.
2. Grichanov. I. Y.. Kirk-Spriggs. A. H.. Grootaert. P.. An annotated checklist of Namibian Dolichopodidae (Diptera) with the description of a new species of Grootaertia and a key to species of the genus. African Invertebrates. 2006. 47. 207–227. 10520/EJC84561. 12 October 2019.