Syntormon pallipes explained

Syntormon pallipes is a species of fly in the family Dolichopodidae. It is found in the Palearctic,^{[1] [2] [3]} Oriental and Afrotropical realms. In 2019, the mitochondrial genome of S. pallipes was sequenced, as the first representative of the subfamily Sympycninae.^[4]

Syntormon pseudospicatus is sometimes treated as a synonym of S. pallipes, but they are argued by Drake (2020) to be distinct species.^[5]

A subspecies named Syntormon pallipes longistylus was described by Igor Grichanov from Madagascar in 2001. In 2020, it was determined that this subspecies was in fact a distinct species, Syntormon longistylus.^[6]

External links

• Images representing Syntormon pallipes at BOLD

Notes and References

1. [Fauna Europaea]
2. Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Parts I, II. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi.
3. Parent, O. (1938) Diptères Dolichopodidae. Paris: Éditions Faune de France 35 . 720 p., 1. 002 fig. Bibliotheque Virtuelle Numerique pdf
4. Hou. P.. Qilemoge. Li. X.. Yang. D.. 2019. The mitochondrial genome of Syntormon pallipes (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Mitochondrial DNA Part B. 4. 1. 1605–1606. 10.1080/23802359.2019.1604093. free.
5. Drake. C.M.. 2020. The identity of Syntormon pseudospicatum Strobl (Diptera, Dolichopodidae). Dipterists Digest . Second Series . 27. 61–82.
6. Grichanov. I. Ya.. 2020. Afrotropical Dolichopodoidae (Diptera) catalogue: Changes and corrections. Amurian Zoological Journal. 12. 4. 406–411. 10.33910/2686-9519-2020-12-4-406-411. free.