Diostracus Explained

Diostracus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.[1] It includes about 100 species described from the Nearctic, Palaearctic and Oriental realms.[2] In 2013, it was expanded to include the former genera Lagodechia and Sphyrotarsus as subgenera.

Species

Subgenus Diostracus Loew, 1861:

Subgenus Lagodechia Negrobov & Zurikov, 1996:

Subgenus Ozmena Özdikmen, 2010 (= Takagia Negrobov, 1973 nec Matsumura, 1942):

Subgenus Sphyrotarsus Mik, 1874:

Notes and References

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  3. Wang. N.. Wang. B.. Yang. D.. 2015. Two new species of the genus Diostracus Loew from Tibet, with a key to the Himalayan fauna (Diptera, Dolichopodidae). ZooKeys. 488. 91–104. 10.3897/zookeys.488.8919. 4389126. 25878525 . free .
  4. Wei. Lianmeng. Liu. Guobin. Three New Species Of The Genus Diostracus From South-West China (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Entomologia Sinica. 1996. 3. 3. 205–212. 10.1111/j.1744-7917.1996.tb00268.x.
  5. Saigusa. T.. The genus Diostracus from Nepal (Diptera, Dolichopodidae). Bulletin of the Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History. 1984. 5. 1–74. 2018-11-30. 2022-06-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20220618003811/https://www.kmnh.jp/wp-content/themes/kmnh_jp/images/pdf/5-1-E-Saigusa.pdf. dead.
  6. Takagi. Sadao. The Dipterous Genus Diostracus Loew. Insecta Matsumurana. 1968. 31. 35–62. 1 . 9 July 2018. Journal of the Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University . Hokkaido, Japan.
  7. Saigusa. T.. New species of the genus Diostracus from Eastern Asia (Insecta, Diptera, Dolichopodidae).. Bulletin of the Graduate School of Social and Cultural Studies, Kyushu University. 1995. 1. 73–85.
  8. Takagi. S.. Four new species of Diostracas Loew from Nepal. (Diptera, Dolichopodidae). Journal of Natural History. 1972. 6. 5. 521–546. 10.1080/00222937200770481.
  9. Yang. Ding. Saigusa. T.. New Species of Dolichopodidae from Henan (Diptera: Epmidoidea). Insects of the Mountains Funiu and Dabie Regions. 1999. 189–210.
  10. Grichanov. I.Ya.. 2015. A new species of Diostracus Loew (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from the Yunnan Province of China. Far Eastern Entomologist. 300. 12–16.
  11. Zhu. Y.. Yang. D.. Masunaga. K.. 2007. Two new species of Diostracus from China (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 133. 1–2. 133–142. 10.3157/0002-8320(2007)133[133:TNSODF]2.0.CO;2.
  12. Zhu. Y.. Tang. C.. Yang. D.. 2023. Six new species of Diostracus Loew (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) from Tibet. ZooKeys. 1163. 1–46. 10.3897/zookeys.1163.101533. free. 10209835.
  13. Masunaga. K.. Two new species of the torrenticolous genus Diostracus Loew (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with biogeographical notes on the Japanese fauna.. Entomological Science. 2000. 3. 4. 675–685.
  14. Negrobov. O.P.. Tsurikov. M.N.. Dzhavelidze. I.G.. Materials on the fauna of the family Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of the Lagodekhi nature reserve.. Voprosy Zashchity Gornykh Lesov. 1988. 7. 213–223. Tbilisi, Institute of Mountain Forestry.. Russian.
  15. Negrobov. O.P.. ru:Новые и малоизвестные виды двукрылых сем. Dolichopodidae (Diptera) фауны Советского Союза. New and little-known Dolichopodidae (Diptera) in the fauna of the Soviet Union. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie. 1965. 44. 438–446. Russian.
  16. Parent. O.. Description de deux Diptères nouveaux du groupe des Dolichopodides.. La Feuille des Jeunes Naturalistes . 1914. 44. 85–86, 108–112. 17 July 2016.
  17. Becker. T.. Neues aus Sud-Tirol und Steiermark. Ein dipterologischer Beitrag. Wiener Entomologische Zeitung. 1891. 10. 281–288. 17 July 2016.
  18. Hesse. E.. Sphyrotarsus Parenti n. sp. et les Sphyrotarsus (Diptères – Dolichopodidae) des Alpes françaises. Bulletin Scientifique de Bourgogne. 1933. 2. 11–20.