Lichtwardtia Explained

Lichtwardtia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.^[1] It is known from the Afrotropical, Oriental and Australasian realms. It can be recognised by its zigzag-shaped M vein on the wings, and its feather-like hairs on the apex segment of the antennae. In a phylogenetic analysis of the subfamily Dolichopodinae by Scott E. Brooks in 2005, Lichtwardtia is considered to be a synonym of Dolichopus,^[2] but subsequent authors have retained it as a valid genus.^{[3] [4]}

Species

• Lichtwardtia aethiopica (Bezzi, 1906)
• Lichtwardtia aldabrensis Meuffels & Grootaert, 2007
• Lichtwardtia angularis (Macquart, 1842)
• Lichtwardtia angulicornis Grichanov, 2004^[5]
• Lichtwardtia cambodiensis Tang & Grootaert, 2018^[4]
• Lichtwardtia clypeata Grichanov, 2004^[5]
• Lichtwardtia conspicabilis Tang & Grootaert, 2018^[4]
• Lichtwardtia dentalis Zhang, Masunaga & Yang, 2009^[6]
• Lichtwardtia dianaensis Grichanov, 2019^[7]
• Lichtwardtia emelyanovi Grichanov, 1998^[8]
• Lichtwardtia formosana Enderlein, 1912
• Lichtwardtia fractinervis (Parent, 1929)
• Lichtwardtia ghanaensis Grichanov, 2019^[7]
• Lichtwardtia guineensis Grichanov & Dubrovskiy, 2024^[9]
• Lichtwardtia hilgerae Grichanov, 2004^[5]
• Lichtwardtia hirsutiseta (De Meijere, 1916)
• Lichtwardtia hollisi Grichanov, 1998^[8]
• Lichtwardtia infuscata Tang & Grootaert, 2018^[4]
• Lichtwardtia maculata (Parent, 1936)
• Lichtwardtia melanesiana (Bickel, 2008)^[10]
• Lichtwardtia microlepis (Parent, 1939)^[7]
• Lichtwardtia minuscula (Parent, 1934)
• Lichtwardtia mironovi Grichanov, 1998^[8]
• Lichtwardtia monstruosa Tang & Grootaert, 2018^[4]
• Lichtwardtia moseikoi Grichanov, 2020^[11]
• Lichtwardtia musolini Grichanov, 2019^[7]
• Lichtwardtia nabozhenkoi Grichanov, 2020^[11]
• Lichtwardtia nigrifacies Grichanov, 2004^[5]
• Lichtwardtia nigrotorquata (Parent, 1937)
• Lichtwardtia nikitai Grichanov, 2019^[7]
• Lichtwardtia nikolaevae Grichanov, 1998^[8]
• Lichtwardtia nodulata Grootaert & Tang, 2018^[4]
• Lichtwardtia oromiaensis Grichanov, 2019^[7]
• Lichtwardtia polychroma (Loew, 1864)
• Lichtwardtia semakau Grootaert & Tang, 2018^[4]
• Lichtwardtia singaporensis Grootaert & Tang, 2018^[4]
• Lichtwardtia sukharevae Grichanov, 1998^[8]
• Lichtwardtia tikhonovi Grichanov, 1998^[8]
• Lichtwardtia zhangae Tang & Grootaert, 2018^[4]

The following species are considered nomina dubia:^[4]

• Lichtwardtia coxalis (Kertész, 1901)
• Lichtwardtia ziczac (Wiedemann, 1824)

Lichtwardtia taiwanensis Zhang, Masunaga & Yang, 2009^[6] is a synonym of L. formosana Enderlein, 1912.^[3]

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. Scott E.. Brooks. 2005. Systematics and phylogeny of Dolichopodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Zootaxa. 857. 1–158. 10.11646/zootaxa.857.1.1.
3. O.V.. Selivanova. O.P.. Negrobov. D.. Yang. 2010. Redescription of the holotype of Lichtwardtia formosana (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with new data on its synonymy. Zoosystematica Rossica. 19. 1. 143–146. 10.31610/zsr/2010.19.1.143 .
4. C.. Tang. D.. Yang. P.. Grootaert. 2018. Revision of the genus Lichtwardtia Enderlein in Southeast Asia, a tale of highly diverse male terminalia (Diptera, Dolichopodidae). ZooKeys. 798. 63–107. 10.3897/zookeys.798.28107. 6262061. 30510466 . free .
5. 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.
6. Lili. Zhang. Kazuhiro. Masunaga. Ding. Yang. 2009. Species of Lichtwardtia from China (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 135. 1–2. 197–203. 10.3157/061.135.0208. 25548112.
7. Grichanov. I. Ya.. 2019. New species and new records of Lichtwardtia Enderlein, 1912 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from tropical Africa. Far Eastern Entomologist. 387. 387. 7–32. 10.25221/fee.387.2. free.
8. Grichanov. I. Y.. Afrotropical species of the genus Lichtwardtia ENDERLEIN (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) . Dipterological Research. 1998. 9 . 3. 221–236. 1021-1020.
9. Grichanov. I.Ya.. Dubrovskiy. D.V.. 2024. A review of long-legged flies from the Republic of Guinea (Diptera:Dolichopodidae) with description of a new Lichtwardtia species. Journal of Insect Biodiversity. 48. 1. 10–19. 10.12976/jib/2024.48.1.2.
10. Grichanov. I. Ya.. 2011. An illustrated synopsis and keys to afrotropical genera of the epifamily Dolichopodoidae (Diptera: Empidoidea). Priamus Supplement. 24. 1–98.
11. Grichanov. I. Ya.. 2020. New species and new records of Lichtwardtia Enderlein, 1912 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Australasian and Oriental Regions. Far Eastern Entomologist. 399 . 339. 1–13. 10.25221/fee.399.1. free.