Chrysotus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.[4] It is one of the largest genera in the subfamily Diaphorinae, with more than 460 species.[5][6] However, the genus is probably paraphyletic, and possibly even polyphyletic, with respect to several related genera such as Achradocera, Falbouria and Lyroneurus.[6][7]

Chrysotus
Chrysotus gramineus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Diaphorinae
Tribe: Diaphorini
Genus: Chrysotus
Meigen, 1824
Type species
Dolichopus neglectus[2]
Wiedemann, 1817
Subgenera
  • Angiopus Meuffels & Grootaert, 1996[1]
  • Chrysotus Meigen, 1824
Synonyms

Lyroneurus Loew, 1857[3] (?)

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Subgenera and species groups

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The genus has two subgenera:

  • Angiopus Meuffels & Grootaert, 1996 – includes only C. halteratus[1]
  • Chrysotus Meigen, 1824 – all other species are placed in this subgenus, split into many species groups and subgroups:
    • C. albipalpus species group
    • C. cilipes species group – Palaearctic
    • C. javanensis species group
    • C. laesus species group (22 species)[8]Palaearctic + Oriental
      • C. adunatus species subgroup (1) – includes only C. adunatus
      • C. brevicercus species subgroup (12)
      • C. nudisetus species subgroup (5)
      • C. laesus species subgroup (3)
      • C. trapezinus species subgroup (1) – includes only C. trapezinus
    • C. leigongshanus species group (59 species)[6]China
      • C. apicibifidus species subgroup (22)
      • C. apicirotundus species subgroup (9)
      • C. apicisetosus species subgroup (9)
      • C. chishuiensis species subgroup (10)
      • C. comminus species subgroup (2)
      • C. daozhenus species subgroup (3)
      • 4 unplaced species
    • C. longipalpus species group (12 species)[9]
    • C. mediotinctus species group (5 species)[10]South America
    • C. niger (?) species group
    • C. papuanus species group (107 species)[5]China
      • C. abatus species subgroup (14)
      • C. abdominus species subgroup (88)
      • C. araeobasus species subgroup (3)
      • C. papuanus species subgroup (1) – includes only C. papuanus
      • C. zhuae species subgroup (1) – includes only C. zhuae
    • C. philtrum species group

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Meuffels, H.J.G.; Grootaert, P. (1996). "Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from Papua New Guinea XIII. A remarkable new subgenus in the genus Chrysotus" (PDF). Bulletin & Annales de la Société Royale Belge d'Entomologie. 132 (2): 223–231. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
  2. ^ Evenhuis, Neal L.; Pape, Thomas (2019). "Nomenclatural Studies Toward a World List of Diptera Genus-Group Names Part VII: Johann Wilhelm Meigen". Zootaxa. 4703 (1): 1–193. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4703.1.1. PMID 32229894.
  3. ^ Pollet, Marc A. A.; Brooks, Scott Edward; Cumming, Jeffrey Malcolm (2004). "Catalog of the Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of America north of Mexico". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 283. American Museum of Natural History: 1–114. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2004)283<0001:cotddo>2.0.co;2. hdl:2246/451.
  4. ^ Wang, M.; Yang, D.; Grootaert, P. (2008). "New species of Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from China". Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Entomologie. 78: 251–257.
  5. ^ a b Wei, Lianmeng; Zhang, Lei; Zhou, Zhengxiang (2014). "A review of the genus Chrysotus Meigen (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from China with definition of papuanus species group". Oriental Insects. 48 (3–4): 187–298. doi:10.1080/00305316.2015.1005960. S2CID 82382090.
  6. ^ a b c Wei, Lianmeng (2018). "A review of the genus Chrysotus Meigen (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from China with definition of the leigongshanus species group". Oriental Insects. 52 (sup1): 1–158. doi:10.1080/00305316.2017.1421338. S2CID 90584996.
  7. ^ Capellari, R.S.; Amorim, D.S. (2012). "Systematic position of the monotypic Azorean genus Falbouria Dyte with notes on the definition of Chrysotus Meigen (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". Zootaxa. 3489: 81–88. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3489.1.5.
  8. ^ Zhou, Zhengxiang; Wei, Lianmeng (2017). "Chrysotus Meigen (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from China with descriptions of five new species belonging to the Ch. laesus-group". Oriental Insects. 51 (3): 227–245. doi:10.1080/00305316.2016.1276486. S2CID 90129686.
  9. ^ Runyon, Justin B.; Capellari, Renato S. (2018). "Palpi aplenty: new species in the Chrysotus longipalpus species group (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". Zootaxa. 4399 (4): 579–585. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4399.4.8. PMID 29690297.
  10. ^ Capellari, R. S.; Amorim, D. de S. (2014). "New combinations and synonymies for Neotropical species of Diaphorinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Contributions to Entomology. doi:10.21248/contrib.entomol.64.2.375-381.