Uropachys Explained

Uropachys is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae, endemic to Kauai of the Hawaiian Islands.^[1] It is part of the Eurynogaster complex of genera.^[2]

Species

Included species:^{[3] [1]}

• Uropachys clavastylus (Hardy & Kohn, 1964)
• Uropachys crassicercus (Hardy & Kohn, 1964)
• Uropachys flavicrurus (Hardy & Kohn, 1964)
• Uropachys fleacercus Evenhuis, 2019^[1]
• Uropachys fusticercus (Hardy & Kohn, 1964)
• Uropachys hawaiensis (Parent, 1934)
• Uropachys mediacercus Evenhuis, 2019^[1]
• Uropachys palustricola (Hardy & Kohn, 1964)
• Uropachys politicocercus Evenhuis, 2019^[1]

Species moved to Eurynogaster:^[1]

• Uropachys pulverea (Hardy & Kohn, 1964)

Notes and References

1. Evenhuis. Neal L.. 2019. Everyone loves a cercus: the endemic Hawaiian genus Uropachys Parent (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with descriptions of new species. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers. 129. 3–20.
2. Kari Roesch. Goodman. Neal. Evenhuis. Pavla. Bartošová-Sojková. Patrick Michael. O'Grady. 2016. Multiple, independent colonizations of the Hawaiian Archipelago by the family Dolichopodidae (Diptera). PeerJ. 4. e2704. 10.7717/peerj.2704. free. 5119231. 27896033.
3. Evenhuis. Neal L.. A review of the genera comprising species of the genus Eurynogaster sensu Hardy & Kohn, 1964 in Hawai'i (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Zootaxa. 2005. 1017. 1. 39–60. 4 March 2017. 10.11646/zootaxa.1017.1.5.