Poecilobothrus Explained

Poecilobothrus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.^[1]

Species

• Poecilobothrus aberrans (Loew, 1871)^[2] – Tajikistan
• Poecilobothrus annulitarsis Kazerani, Pollet & Khaghaninia in Kazerani, Khaghaninia, Talebi, Persson & Pollet, 2017^[3] – Iran
• Poecilobothrus appendiculatus (Loew, 1859)^[4] – France, Spain, Czech Republic, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia
• Poecilobothrus armeniorum (Stackelberg, 1933) – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia
• Poecilobothrus basilicus (Loew, 1869)^[5] – Azerbaijan, Iran, Israel, Italy, Turkey
• Poecilobothrus bigoti Mik, 1883^[6] – France, Romania, Russia, Spain, Turkey
• Poecilobothrus brunus (Wei, 1997)^[7] – China (Guizhou)
• Poecilobothrus caucasicus (Stackelberg, 1933)^[8] – Armenia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Southern Russia, Turkey
• Poecilobothrus chrysozygos (Wiedemann, 1817) – Europe
• †Poecilobothrus ciliatus Meunier, 1907 – Baltic amber, Eocene
• Poecilobothrus clarus (Loew, 1871)^[2] – Tajikistan
• Poecilobothrus comitialis (Kowarz, 1867) – Europe, Iran
• Poecilobothrus cucullus (Wei, 1997)^[7] – China (Guizhou)
• Poecilobothrus cyaneculus (Wei, 1997)^[7] – China (Guizhou, Yunnan)
• Poecilobothrus ducalis (Loew, 1857)^[9] – Europe, North Africa
• Poecilobothrus flaveolus (Negrobov & Chalaya, 1987)^[7] – China, Japan, Russian Far East
• Poecilobothrus flavifemoratus Grichanov & Tonguc, 2010^{[8] [7]} – Turkey
• Poecilobothrus innotabilis Kazerani, Pollet & Khaghaninia in Kazerani, Khaghaninia, Talebi, Persson & Pollet, 2017^[3] – Iran
• Poecilobothrus lii (Yang, 1996)^[7] – China, Nepal
• Poecilobothrus longipilosus (Yang & Saigusa, 2001)^{[10] [7]} – China (Guizhou)
• Poecilobothrus lorestanicus Grichanov & Ahmadi, 2016^[11] – Iran
• Poecilobothrus luchunensis (Yang & Saigusa, 2001)^{[12] [7]} – China (Yunnan)
• †Poecilobothrus majesticus d'Assis-Fonseca, 1976^[13] – England
• Poecilobothrus mentougouensis (Zhang, Yang & Grootaert, 2003)^{[14] [7]} – China (Beijing)
• Poecilobothrus nobilitatus (Linnaeus, 1767) – Europe
• Poecilobothrus palustris (Wei, 2006)^[7] – China (Guizhou)
• Poecilobothrus potanini (Stackelberg, 1933)^[7] – China (Sichuan)
• Poecilobothrus principalis (Loew, 1861) – Europe, Turkey, Israel
• Poecilobothrus pterostichoides (Stackelberg, 1934)^[7] – China, Russian Far East
• Poecilobothrus regalis (Meigen, 1824) – Europe, Turkey, Iran
• Poecilobothrus saetosus (Yang & Saigusa, 2002)^{[15] [7]} – China (Shaanxi)
• Poecilobothrus singularis (Yang & Saigusa, 2001)^{[12] [7]} – China (Yunnan)
• Poecilobothrus varicoloris (Becker, 1917)^[8] – Armenia, Georgia, South Russia, Turkey
• Poecilobothrus zhejiangensis (Yang, 1997)^[7] – China (Zhejiang)

Unrecognised species:

• Poecilobothrus fumipennis (Stannius, 1831)
• Poecilobothrus infuscatus (Stannius, 1831)

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. Book: Loew. Hermann. Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europaischen zweiflugeligen Insecten.Von Johann Wilhelm Meigen. Neunter Theil oder dritter Supplementband. Beschreibung europaischer Dipteren. 1871. viii + 319+[1] pp. H. W. Schmidt, .. Halle.
3. Kazerani. F.. Khaghaninia. S.. Talebi. A.A.. Persson. M.. Pollet. M.. 2017. Eight new species of Dolichopodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from northern Iran. Zootaxa. 4242. 1. 111–141. 10.11646/zootaxa.4242.1.6. 28610197.
4. Nourti. M.. Grichanov. I.Ya.. Kettani. K.. 2019. New records of long-legged flies (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) from Morocco. Acta Biologica Sibirica. 5. 3. 118–130. 10.14258/abs.v5.i3.6514. free.
5. Book: Loew. Friedrich Hermann. Beschreibungen europäischer Dipteren. Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäischen zweiflügligen Insecten von Johann Wilhelm Meigen.. 1869. 1. xvi + 310 + [2] pp. H. W. Schmidt . Band I. Halle. 25 May 2016.
6. Mik. Josef. Die Dipterengattung Poecilobothrus. Wien. Ent. ZTG.. 1883. 88–90.
7. Grichanov. I.Ya.. 2020. New records of Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from Russian Primorye and notes on some Chinese species. Russian Entomological Journal. 29. 4. 432–438. 10.15298/rusentj.29.4.12. free.
8. Grichanov. I. Ya.. A.. Tonguç. 2010. New contribution to the Turkish Dolichopodidae (Diptera) fauna and taxonomy. International Journal of Dipterological Research. 21. 3. 225–229.
9. Loew. Hermann. Neue Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Dipteren. Fünfter Beitrag. Programm der Königlichen Realschule zu Meseritz. 1857. 1–56.
10. Yang. D.. Saigusa. T.. 2001. New and little known species of Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from China (XI). Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique. Entomologie. 71. 237–256.
11. I. Ya.. Grichanov. A.. Ahmadi. 2016. A new peculiar species of Poecilobothrus Mik, 1878 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Iran. Caucasian Entomological Bulletin. 12. 2. 313–316. 10.23885/1814-3326-2016-12-2-313-316. free.
12. Yang. D.. Saigusa. T.. 2001. New and little known species of Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from China (X): The species of Hercostomus from Yunnan. Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique. Entomologie. 71. 189–236.
13. d'Assis-Fonseca. E. C. M.. Four new species Of Palaearctic Dolichopodidae (Diptera) including two from Britain. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. 1976. 111. 23–27.
14. Zhang. L.. Yang. D.. Grootaert. P.. 2003. New species of Chrysotimus and Hercostomus from Beijing (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique. Entomologie. 73. 189–194.
15. Yang. D.. Saigusa. T.. 2002. The species of Hercostomus from the Qinling Mountains of Shaanxi, China (Diptera, Empidoidea, Dolichopodidae) . Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. 49. 1. 61–88. 10.1002/mmnd.20020490106.