Microphor Explained

Microphor is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae, subfamily Microphorinae.

Species

At least 16 extant species are described in the genus, with nine from the Palaearctic realm, one from the Oriental realm, and five from the Nearctic realm. Three fossil species have also been described. There are also several undescribed species from the sub-Mediterranean region of Europe and Turkey, and one undescribed species from the Neotropical realm. One species from the Australasian realm, Microphor hiemalis, has also been described, but it does not appear to be cogeneric and may not belong in the subfamily Microphorinae.^{[1] [2] [3]}

• Microphor anomalus (Meigen, 1824)
• Microphor bilineatus (Melander, 1902)
• Microphor crassipes Macquart, 1827
• Microphor defunctus Handlirsch, 1910
• Microphor discalis Melander, 1940
• Microphor eocenica (Meunier, 1902)
• Microphor gissaricus Shamshev, 1992
• Microphor hiemalis White, 1916
• Microphor holosericeus (Meigen, 1804)
• Microphor intermedius Collin, 1961
• Microphor obscurus Coquillett, 1903
• Microphor pilimanus Strobl, 1899
• Microphor rostellatus Loew, 1864
• Microphor rusticus (Meunier, 1908)^[4]
• Microphor sinensis Saigusa & Yang, 2003^[5]
• Microphor skevingtoni Brooks & Cumming, 2022
• Microphor strobli Chvála, 1986
• Microphor turneri Brooks & Cumming, 2022
• Microphor zimini Shamshev, 1995

Species transferred to Schistostoma:^[3]

• Microphor armipes Melander, 1928
• Microphor atratus Coquillett, 1900
• Microphor cirripes Melander, 1940
• Microphor evisceratus Melander, 1940
• Microphor isommatus Melander, 1928
• Microphor ravidus Coquillett, 1895
• Microphor ravus Melander, 1940: synonym of Schistostoma evisceratum (Melander, 1940)
• Microphor robustus Melander, 1928
• Microphor strigilifer Melander, 1940
• Microphor sycophantor (Melander, 1902)
• Microphor tacomae Melander, 1940

Species transferred to other genera:

• Microphorus crocatus Coquillett, 1900: now in Euthyneura
• Microphorus drapetoides Walker, 1849: now in Bicellaria
• Microphorus flavipilosus Coquillett, 1900: now in Iteaphila^[6]
• Microphorus gilvihirta Coquillett, 1903: now in Anthalia
• Microphorus zontaki Nowicki, 1870: now in Iteaphila^[6]

Notes and References

1. Chvála. M.. 1986. Revision of Palaearctic Microphoridae (Diptera) 1. Microphor Macq. Acta Entomologica Bohemoslovaca. 83. 6. 432–454.
2. Igor Ya. Grichanov. 2017. Alphabetic list of generic and specific names of predatory flies of the epifamily Dolichopodoidae (Diptera). Plant Protection News, Supplements. 2nd. All-Union Research Institute of Plant Protection (VISR). St.Petersburg.
3. Brooks. S. E.. Cumming. J. M.. 2022. Revision of the Nearctic Microphorinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae sensu lato). Zootaxa. 5095. 1. 1–141. 10.11646/zootaxa.5095.1.1. free.
4. Meunier . F. . Monographie des Empididae de l'ambre de la Baltique et catalogue bibliographique complet sur les dipteres de cette resine . Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool. . 1908 . 7 . 9 . 81–135.
5. T.. Saigusa. D.. Yang. 2003. Empididae (Diptera) from Funiu Mountains, Henan, China (I). Studia Dipterologica. 9. 2. 519–543.
6. Sinclair. Bradley J.. Shamshev. Igor V.. 2021. World revision of Iteaphila with unbranched radial vein (Diptera: Empidoidea: Iteaphilidae). Zootaxa. 4968. 1. 1–89. 10.11646/zootaxa.4968.1.1.