Rhaphiinae Explained

Rhaphiinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.^[1]

Genera

• Haplopharyngomyia Meuffels & Grootaert, 1999^[2] (subfamily incertae sedis)
• Nematoproctus Loew, 1857^[3] (Diaphorinae or Rhaphiinae)
• Ngirhaphium Evenhuis & Grootaert, 2002^[4]
• Physopyga Grootaert & Meuffels, 1990^[5]
• Rhaphium Meigen, 1803
• Urodolichus Lamb, 1922^[6] (Diaphorinae or Rhaphiinae)

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. Meuffels. H. J. G.. Grootaert. Patrick. New names in the family Dolichopodidae (Diptera). Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique. Entomologie. 1999. 69. 289–292. 30 March 2018.
3. Loew. Hermann. Neue Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Dipteren. Fünfter Beitrag. Programm der Königlichen Realschule zu Meseritz. 1857. 1853-1862 . 1–56.
4. Evenhuis. Neal. L.. Grootaert. Patrick. Annotated checklist of the Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of Singapore, with descriptions of a new genus and new species. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 2002. 50. 2. 301–316. 23 July 2016. 0217-2445.
5. Grootaert. Patrick. Meuffels. H. J. G.. Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from Papua New Guinea. IX, Mischopyga gen. nov. and Physopyga gen. nov., two new genera from the mangrove in Papua New Guinea. Indo-Malayan Zoology. 1998. 6. 2. 195–206. 5 March 2017. 0168-6259.
6. Lamb. C.G. The Percy Sladen Trust expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905, under leadership of Mr. J. Stanley Gardiner M.A. Vol.VII. No.VIII-Diptera: Asilidae, Scenopinidae, Dolichopodidae, Pipunculidae, Syrphidae.. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology.. 1922. 18. 361–416. 2. The Linnean Society of London. London. 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1922.tb00554.x.