Lyroneurus Explained

Lyroneurus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It includes 17 species distributed in the Neotropical realm. It was formerly treated as a subgenus of Diaphorus; more recently Lyroneurus has been treated as a synonym of Chrysotus,^{[1] [2]} but Capellari & Amorim (2010) maintains it as a distinct genus noting that Chrysotus is possibly paraphyletic.^[3]

Species

The species below are named assuming Lyroneurus is treated as a separate genus:^[4]

• Lyroneurus adustus (Wiedemann, 1830)^[5] – Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina
• Lyroneurus annulatus (Macquart, 1842)^[6] – Mexico, Lesser Antilles, Brazil
• Lyroneurus apicalis Becker, 1922 – Argentina, Paraguay
• Lyroneurus chalybaeus Röder, 1892^[7] – Ecuador
• Lyroneurus coerulescens Loew, 1857 – Mexico, Suriname, Ecuador, Argentina
• Lyroneurus curvispina (Van Duzee, 1929)^[8] – Guatemala, Panama
• Lyroneurus fratellus Becker, 1922^[9] – Colombia, Argentina
• Lyroneurus laetus Becker, 1922^[9] – Paraguay
• Lyroneurus luteoviridis Parent, 1935^[10] – Colombia
• Lyroneurus maculatus Parent, 1930^[11] – Argentina
• Lyroneurus marginalis Becker, 1922^[9] – Peru, Bolivia
• Lyroneurus occultus Becker, 1922^[9] – Colombia
• Lyroneurus perplexus (Van Duzee, 1929)^[8] – Panama
• Lyroneurus praestans Parent, 1931^[12] – Peru
• Lyroneurus simplex Aldrich, 1896^[13] – Lesser Antilles, Mexico, Costa Rica, Peru, Brazil
• Lyroneurus suavis Loew, 1857^[14] – Costa Rica, Panama, Guyana, Suriname, Bolivia, Argentina
• Lyroneurus willistoni (Van Duzee, 1931)^[15] – ?Brazil

Notes and References

1. Pollet. Marc A. A.. Brooks. Scott Edward. Cumming. Jeffrey Malcolm. 2004. Catalog of the Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of America north of Mexico. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 283. 1–114. American Museum of Natural History. 10.1206/0003-0090(2004)283<0001:cotddo>2.0.co;2. 2246/451.
2. Book: Bickel, Daniel J.. 2009. 49. Dolichopodidae (Long-legged flies). https://books.google.com/books?id=dErvlFrtqhMC&pg=PA671. Brown, B.V. . et al.. Manual of Central American Diptera. 1. NRC Research Press. Ottawa. 671–694. 9780660198330.
3. R. S.. Capellari. D. de S.. Amorim. 2010. Re-description and new combination of five New World species of Chrysotus Meigen, with comments on the Neotropical genus Lyroneurus Loew (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Zootaxa. 2520. 49–65. 10.11646/zootaxa.2520.1.2. 3947872.
4. Robinson. H.. 1970. Family Dolichopodidae. A Catalogue of the Diptera of the Americas South of the United States. 40. Universidade de São Paulo, Museu de Zoologia. 1–92.
5. Book: Wiedemann. Christian R. W.. Aussereuropaische zweiflugelige Insekten. 1830. Zweiter Theil. Schulz, .. Hamm. xii + 684 pp., 5 pls. 2 . 21 April 2020.
6. Macquart . Justin Pierre Marie . Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus . Mémoires de la Société des sciences, de l'agriculture et des arts de Lille . 1842 . 1841 . 1 . 62–200, 22 pls.
7. Röder. Victor von. Ueber die Dipteren-Gattung Lyroneurus Low nebst Beschreibung einer neuen Art. Societas Entomologica. 1892. 7 . 11. 81.
8. Van Duzze. Millard C.. Tropical american diptera or two winged flies of the family Dolichopodidae from central and south America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 1929. 74. 10. 1–64, 2pl. 10.5479/si.00963801.74-2755.1. 6 August 2016.
9. Becker . Theodor . Dipterologischen Studien. Dolichopodidae. B. Nearktische und Neotropische Regions . Abhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien . 1922 . 13 . 1–394 . 19 April 2020.
10. Parent. Octave. Diptères Dolichopodides nouveaux. Encyclopedie Entomologique B II . 1935. 8. 10. 59–96.
11. Parent. O.. Espèces nouvelles de Dolichopodides (Diptères) conservées au Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Annales de la Société scientifique de Bruxelles.. 1930. 50. 86–115. B.
12. Parent. O.. Diptères Dolichopodides de l'Amérique du Sud espèces nouvelles figurant dans la collection Schnuse conservée aux Staatliche museen für tierkunde und völkerkunde zu Dresden. Abhandlungen und berichte der Museen für tierkunde und völkerkunde zu Dresden. 1931. 18. 1–21. B.G. Teubner. Leipzig, Berlin.
13. Aldrich . John Merton . Dolichopodidae in Williston, Samuel W. On The Diptera Of St. Vincent (west Indies) . Transactions of the Entomological Society of London . 1896 . 1896 . 309–345 . 21 April 2020.
14. Loew . Hermann . Neue Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Dipteren. Sechster Beitrag. . Programme der Königlichen Realschule zu Meseritz . 1857 . 1–56 . 9 May 2020.
15. Van Duzee. Millard C.. New South American Dolichopidae. American Museum Novitates. 1931. 483. 1–26. 11 August 2016. The American Museum of Natural History. New York City.