Pseudohercostomus Explained

Pseudohercostomus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is distributed in the Oriental and Afrotropical realms as well as Chile.

Historically, the genus has generally been placed in the subfamily Dolichopodinae. In 2005, based on a cladistic analysis of the subfamily, Scott E. Brooks excluded Pseudohercostomus from the Dolichopodinae. The systematic position of the genus is still unclear, though a possible relationship with the New World genus Keirosoma has been suggested.[1]

Species

The genus contains six species:[2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Scott E.. Brooks. 2005. Systematics and phylogeny of Dolichopodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Zootaxa. 857. 1–158. 10.11646/zootaxa.857.1.1.
  2. Patrick. Grootaert. Isabella. Van de Velde. 2021. Understanding the tangled taxonomy of the genus Pseudohercostomus Stackelberg, 1931 (Insecta: Diptera: Dolichopodidae) with description of new species from Singapore and DR Congo. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 69. 324–335. 10.26107/RBZ-2021-0055.
  3. Grichanov. I.Y.. 2023. 15 February 2024. A New Species of Hercostomus Loew, 1857 (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) from India with Some Nomenclatural Notes. Entomological Review. 103. 6. 684–691. 10.1134/S001387382306009X.
  4. Becker. T.. Dipterologische Studien: Dolichopodidae der Indo-Australischen Region. Capita Zoologica. 1922. 1. 4. 1–247.
  5. Yang. D.. Grootaert. P.. 1999. Dolichopodidae (Diptera: Empidoidea) from Xishuangbanna (China, Yunnan province): the Dolichopodinae and the genus Chaetogonopteron (I). Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique. Entomologie. 69. 251–277.

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