Hypocharassus Explained

Hypocharassus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.^[1] In some classifications of the subfamily Hydrophorinae, the genus is the only member of the tribe Hypocharassini.

Species

• Hypocharassus cavitarsus Kim & Suh, 2022^[2] – Korea
• Hypocharassus farinosus Becker, 1922^[3] – Taiwan
• Hypocharassus gladiator Mik, 1878 – south-eastern USA
• Hypocharassus pruinosus (Wheeler, 1898) – eastern USA
• Hypocharassus sinensis Yang, 1998^[4] – southern China

Notes and References

1. Book: Yang. D.. Zhu. Y.. Wang. M.. Zhang. L.. World Catalog of Dolichopodidae (Insecta: Diptera).. 2006. China Agricultural University Press. Beijing. 9787811171020. 1–704.
2. Kim. Y.-K.. Suh. S.J.. 2022. A new species of the genus Hypocharassus Mik (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) from Korea. Biodiversity Data Journal. 10. e82851. 10.3897/BDJ.10.e82851. free. 9848449.
3. Becker . Theodor . Dipterologische studien; Dolichopodidae der Indo-Australischen region . Capita Zoologica . 1922 . 1 . 4 . 1–247 . 25 April 2020.
4. Yang. D.. 1998. New and little known species of Dolichopodidae from China (I). Bulletin de l'Institut royal des sciences naturelles de Belgique. Entomologie. 68. 151–164.