Telmaturgus Explained

Telmaturgus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It has a cosmopolitan distribution.^[1]

Species

• Telmaturgus abidjanensis (Grichanov, 2008)^[2] – Ivory Coast
• Telmaturgus acutatus (Yang & Grootaert, 1999)^{[3] [4]} – China (Yunnan)
• Telmaturgus chebalingensis (Wang, Yang & Grootaert, 2005)^{[3] [5]} – China (Guangdong)
• Telmaturgus concavus (Yang & Grootaert, 1999)^{[3] [4]} – China (Yunnan)
• Telmaturgus congensis Grichanov, 2011^[2] – DR Congo
• Telmaturgus costaricensis Robinson, 1967^[6] – Costa Rica
• Telmaturgus dorsiniger (Yang & Grootaert, 1999)^{[3] [4]} – China (Yunnan)
• Telmaturgus garambaensis (Grichanov, 2008)^[2] – DR Congo, Gabon
• Telmaturgus kenyensis (Grichanov, 2008)^[2] – Kenya
• Telmaturgus kovali (Grichanov, 2008)^[2] – DR Congo, Gabon
• Telmaturgus kwandensis (Grichanov, 2008)^[2] – Madagascar, Namibia
• Telmaturgus mastigomyoformis (Grichanov, 2008)^[2] – DR Congo
• Telmaturgus mulleri Grichanov, 2018^[1] – South Africa
• Telmaturgus munroi (Curran, 1925)^[2] – Burundi, DR Congo, Gabon, Gambia, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Namibia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Cameroon, Ethiopia
• Telmaturgus parvus (Van Duzee, 1924) – Canada, United States
• Telmaturgus pseudoviolaceus (Grichanov, 2008)^[2] – Ivory Coast
• Telmaturgus pulchrithorax Hollis, 1964 – Indonesia
• Telmaturgus revanasiddaiahi (Olejníček, 2002)^[3] – India (Bangalore)
• Telmaturgus robinsoni Runyon, 2012^[7] – Canada, United States
• Telmaturgus semarangensis Hollis, 1964 – Indonesia
• Telmaturgus shettyi (Olejníček, 2002)^[3] – India (Bangalore)
• Telmaturgus silvestris Grichanov, 2018^[1] – DR Congo
• Telmaturgus simplicipes (Becker, 1908)^[3] – Europe, Africa, Asia, Australasia, Hawaii
• Telmaturgus singularis (Yang & Grootaert, 1999)^{[3] [4]} – China (Yunnan)
• Telmaturgus triseta (Grichanov, 2008)^[2] – Ivory Coast, Namibia, Mauritius
• Telmaturgus tumidulus (Raddatz, 1873) – Europe, Central Asia
• Telmaturgus uzungwa (Grichanov, 2008)^[2] – Tanzania
• Telmaturgus vockerothi Runyon, 2012^[7] – Canada
• Telmaturgus wonosoboensis Hollis, 1964 – Indonesia

The following species were moved to Chaetogonopteron:^[3]

• Telmaturgus nodicornis (Becker, 1922)

Notes and References

1. Grichanov. I.Ya.. 2018. New species and new records of Telmaturgus Mik, 1874 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Tropical Africa. Caucasian Entomological Bulletin. 14. 2. 273–276. 10.23885/181433262018142-273276.
2. I. Ya.. Grichanov. 2011. Species of the genus Telmaturgus Mik, 1874 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Caucasian Entomological Bulletin. 7. 2. 229–232. 10.23885/1814-3326-2011-7-2-229-232.
3. I. Ya.. Grichanov. 2017. A new species of Hercostomoides Meuffels et Grootaert, 1997 from Indonesia with notes and new combinations for some Oriental Sympycninae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Halteres. 8. 123–136. 10.5281/zenodo.1134297.
4. 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.
5. M.. Wang. D.. Yang. P.. Grootaert. 2005. New species of Chaetogonopteron (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Guangdong, China. Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique. Entomologie. 75. 215–219.
6. H.. Robinson. 1967. New species of Dolichopodidae from the United States and Mexico (Diptera). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 69. 114–127.
7. J. B.. Runyon. 2012. The Nearctic species of Telmaturgus (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). The Canadian Entomologist. 144. 2. 337–347. 10.4039/tce.2012.30.