Setihercostomus Explained

Setihercostomus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae, known from China, Taiwan, Russia and Tanzania.^[1]

The generic name is derived from the Greek prefix seti- and the generic name Hercostomus.

Species

There are currently five species in the genus:

• Setihercostomus huangi (Zhang, Yang & Masunaga, 2004)^[2]
• Setihercostomus scharffi (Grichanov, 1999)^[3]
• Setihercostomus setifacies (Stackelberg, 1934)^[4]
• Setihercostomus taiwanensis Zhang & Yang, 2011^[5]
• Setihercostomus wuyangensis (Wei, 1997)^[6]

Setihercostomus zonalis (Yang, Yang & Li, 1998) is a synonym of S. wuyangensis (Wei, 1997).^[7]

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. Zhang. L.. Yang. Ding. Masunaga. K.. Two new species of Hercostomus from China (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Entomological News. 2004. 115. 35–43.
3. Igor Ya.. Grichanov. Mathias. Kaae. Thomas. Pape. 2011. Discovery of Setihercostomus Zhang et Yang in the Afrotropical Region (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). https://web.archive.org/web/20180223110928/https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/fd43/4fca81fb2d2b18899bf731a5fbbfddba7160.pdf. dead. 2018-02-23. Zootaxa. 3861. 6. 598–600. 10.11646/zootaxa.3861.6.7. 25283433. 27597052 .
4. Stackelberg. A.A.. 29 Dolichopodidae. Lief. 82. Die Fliegen der Paläarktischen Region. 5. 1934. 4. 129–176.
5. Book: Yang. Zhang. Wang. Zhu. 2011. Diptera: Dolichopodidae. Fauna Sinica: Insecta. 53. 9787030301987.
6. Wei. L.-M.. Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from Southwest China II. A study of the genus Hercostomus Loew, 1857. Journal of Guizhou Agricultural College. 1. 1997. 16. 29–41.
7. Zhang. L.-L. Wei. L.. Yang. D.. 2009. Two new species of Hercostomus from China (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with some new synonyms). Bulletin de l'Institut royal des sciences naturelles de Belgique. Entomologie. 79. 133–141.