Achalcus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.[1]
| Achalcus | |
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| Achalcus dytei | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Dolichopodidae |
| Subfamily: | Achalcinae |
| Genus: | Achalcus Loew, 1857 |
| Type species | |
| Porphyrops flavicollis Meigen, 1824
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| Synonyms | |
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Clinocampsicnemus Vaillant & Brunhes, 1980 | |
Species
edit- Achalcus bicolor Pollet, 2005[2]
- Achalcus bilineatus Pollet, 2005[1]
- Achalcus bimaculatus Pollet, 1996[3]
- Achalcus brevicornis Pollet, 2005[1]
- Achalcus britannicus Pollet, 1996[3]
- Achalcus californicus Pollet & Cumming, 1998[4]
- Achalcus cinereus (Haliday, 1851)
- Achalcus costaricensis Pollet, 2005[1]
- Achalcus cyanocephalus Pollet, 2005[1]
- Achalcus dytei Pollet & Cumming, 1998[4]
- Achalcus flavicollis (Meigen, 1824)
- †Achalcus latipennis Meunier, 1907
- Achalcus longicercus Pollet, 2005[2]
- Achalcus maculipennis Pollet, 2005[1]
- Achalcus micromorphoides Pollet, 2005[1]
- Achalcus niger Pollet, 2005[1]
- Achalcus nigropunctatus Pollet & Brunhes, 1996[3]
- Achalcus oregonensis (Harmston & Miller, 1966)
- Achalcus phragmitidis Pollet, 1996[3]
- Achalcus polleti Negrobov & Selivanova, 2010[5]
- Achalcus similis Pollet & Cumming, 1998[4]
- Achalcus thalhammeri Lichtwardt, 1913
- Achalcus tibialis Pollet, 2005[1]
- Achalcus utahensis (Harmston & Miller, 1966)
- Achalcus vaillanti Brunhes, 1987
Unrecognised species:
- Achalcus scutellaris Van der Wulp, 1891
- Achalcus thoracicus (Philippi, 1865)
The following species were moved to the genus Australachalcus:[1]
- Achalcus albipalpus Parent, 1931: now Australachalcus albipalpus (Parent, 1931)
- Achalcus brevinervis Van Duzee, 1930:[6] now Australachalcus brevinervis (Van Duzee, 1930)
- Achalcus longicornis Van Duzee, 1930:[6] now Australachalcus longicornis (Van Duzee, 1930)
- Achalcus edwardsae Van Duzee, 1930[6] (originally transferred to Enlinia): now Australachalcus edwardsae (Van Duzee, 1930)
- Achalcus melanotrichus Mik, 1878: now Australachalcus melanotrichus (Mik, 1878)
- Achalcus chaetifemoratus Parent, 1933: now Australachalcus chaetifemoratus (Parent, 1933)
- Achalcus luteipes Parent, 1933: now Australachalcus luteipes (Parent, 1933)
- Achalcus medius Parent, 1933: now Australachalcus medius (Parent, 1933)
- Achalcus minor Parent, 1933: now Australachalcus minor (Parent, 1933)
- Achalcus minusculus Parent, 1933: now Australachalcus minusculus (Parent, 1933)
- Achalcus minutus Parent, 1933: now Australachalcus minutus (Parent, 1933)
- Achalcus nigroscutatus Parent, 1933: now Australachalcus nigroscutatus (Parent, 1933)
- Achalcus relictus Parent, 1933: now Australachalcus relictus (Parent, 1933)
- Achalcus separatus Parent, 1933: now Australachalcus separatus (Parent, 1933)
Other synonyms:
- Achalcus atratus Van Duzee, 1930:[6] moved to Enlinia
- Achalcus caudatus Aldrich, 1902: synonym of Micromorphus albipes (Zetterstedt, 1843)
- Achalcus depuytoraci (Vaillant & Brunhes, 1980): synonym of A. cinereus (Haliday, 1851)
- Achalcus pallidus (Zetterstedt, 1843): synonym of A. flavicollis (Meigen, 1824)
- Achalcus pygmaeus (Zetterstedt, 1855): synonym of A. cinereus (Haliday, 1851)
- Achalcus sordidus Aldrich, 1896: moved to Enlinia
The following species have been placed by some authors in this genus in error:
- Achalcus calcaratus Becker, 1918: actually Eutarsus calcaratus (a synonym of Syntormon (Drymonoeca) aulicus) in Syntormon
- Achalcus pallipes Olejnichek & Bartak, 1997: actually Systenus pallipes in Systenus
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Pollet, M. (2005). "Systematic revision of Neotropical Achalcus and a related new genus (Diptera: Dolichopodidae, Achalcinae) with comments on their phylogeny, ecology and zoogeography". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 143 (1): 27–73. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2004.00141.x.
- ^ a b Pollet, M. A. A. (2005). "Nearctic Achalcinae with a first Australachalcus species of North America (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". European Journal of Entomology. 102 (2): 279–288. doi:10.14411/eje.2005.039.
- ^ a b c d Pollet, M. (1996). "Systematic revision and phylogeny of the Palaearctic species of the genus Achalcus Loew (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) with the description of four new species". Systematic Entomology. 21: 353–386. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1996.tb00604.x.
- ^ a b c Pollet, M.; Cumming, J.M. (1998). "Systematic revision of Nearctic species of Achalcus Loew (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) with comments on their phylogeny, ecology and zoogeography". Systematic Entomology. 23 (4): 371–385. doi:10.1046/j.1365-3113.1998.00062.x.
- ^ Negrobov, O.P.; Selivanova, O.V. (2010). "A new species of the genus Achalcus Low, 1857 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Far East region of Russia" (PDF). Caucasian Entomological Bulletin. 6 (1): 123–124. doi:10.23885/1814-3326-2010-6-1-123-124.
- ^ a b c d Van Duzee, M. C. (1930). "Dolichopodidae". Diptera of Patagonia and South Chile. 5 (1). British Museum (Natural History): 1–92.