Urodolichus Explained

Urodolichus is a genus of fly in the family Dolichopodidae.^[1] It is known from the Afrotropical realm (Seychelles and Madagascar), Indomalayan realm and Australasian realm (New Guinea). It has been placed in either Rhaphiinae or Diaphorinae, though Grichanov & Brooks (2017) consider the genus to be incertae sedis within the family Dolichopodidae.^[2]

Species

• Urodolichus artifacies (Grootaert & Meuffels, 1990) – Papua New Guinea
• Urodolichus caudatus Lamb, 1922 – Seychelles
• Urodolichus gracilis Lamb, 1922 – Seychelles
• Urodolichus iulilamellatus (Wei, 2006)^{[3] [4]} – China (Guizhou)
• Urodolichus javanus (De Meijere, 1916)^{[5] [4]} – Indonesia (Java)
• Urodolichus keiseri (Hollis, 1964) – India (Goa), Malaysia (Sabah), Philippines, Sri Lanka, Vietnam
• Urodolichus kubani (Olejníček, 2002)^[6] – Cambodia, Laos
• Urodolichus lambi Grichanov, 1998^[7] – Madagascar
• Urodolichus ninae Grichanov, 1998^[7] – Madagascar
• Urodolichus porphyropoides Lamb, 1922 – Seychelles
• Urodolichus villosiceps Grichanov, Capellari & Bickel, 2016^[4] – Indonesia (West Papua), Papua New Guinea

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. Book: I. Ya.. Grichanov. S. E.. Brooks. 2017. 56. Dolichopodidae (long-legged dance flies). Kirk-Spriggs. A.H.. Sinclair. B.J.. Manual of Afrotropical Diptera. http://afrotropicalmanual.org/pdfs/2017_Suricata5_Spriggs_Sinclair.pdf. 2. Nematocerous Diptera and lower Brachycera. Suricata 5. South African National Biodiversity Institute. Pretoria. 1265–1320.
3. Book: Wei. L.M.. Dolichopodidae. In: Li Z.Z. & Jin D.C. (eds)Insects from Fanjingshan Landscape. 2006. Guizhou Science and Technology Publishing House. Guiyang. 9787806624517. 468–502.
4. Grichanov. I. Ya.. Capellari. R. S.. Bickel. D. J.. New and Little-Known Species of the Genus Urodolichus Lamb, 1922 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Far Eastern Entomologist. 2016. 310. 1–10. 24 September 2023. 1026-051X.
5. Meijere. Johannes Cornelis Hendrik de. Studien über südostasiatische Diptera XII. Javanische Dolichopodiden und Ephydriden. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 1916. 59. 225–273. 13 July 2016.
6. Olejníček. J.. Nematoproctus kubani sp.nov. (Insecta, Dip tera, Dolichopodidae) from Laos. Acta Musei Moraviae, Scientiae Biologicae (Brno). 2002. 87. 67–70.
7. Grichanov. Igor Ya.. Two new species of Urodolichus Lamb (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Madagascar. Dipterological Research. 1998. 91. 23–26. 11 March 2017.