Katangaia Explained

Katangaia is an African genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It was originally placed in the subfamily Rhaphiinae, though it was later transferred to Dolichopodinae. In 2005, based on a cladistic analysis of the subfamily, Scott E. Brooks excluded Katangaia from the Dolichopodinae.^[1] However, Grichanov (2012) retains the genus in this subfamily.^[2]

Species

• Katangaia ethiopiensis (Grichanov, 2004)^[3] – Ethiopia
• Katangaia longifacies Parent, 1933 – Democratic Republic of the Congo, possibly Tanzania
• Katangaia mulanjensis (Grichanov, 2004)^[3] - Malawi
• Katangaia tanzaniensis Grichanov, 2012^[2] – Tanzania

Notes and References

1. Scott E.. Brooks. 2005. Systematics and phylogeny of Dolichopodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Zootaxa. 857. 1–158. 10.11646/zootaxa.857.1.1.
2. Grichanov. I.Ya.. 2012. Systematics of the genus Katangaia Parent, 1933 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Caucasian Entomological Bulletin. 8. 1. 165–167. 10.23885/1814-3326-2012-8-1-165-167. free.
3. Grichanov. Igor Ya.. 2004. Review of Afrotropical Dolichopodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Plant Protection News, Supplements. 1–244. All-Russian Institute of Plant Protection RAAS. St.Petersburg. 1815-3682.