Biology:Hercostomoides

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Hercostomoides
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Sympycninae
Genus: Hercostomoides
Meuffels & Grootaert, 1997
Type species
Telmaturgus indonesianus
Hollis, 1964

Hercostomoides is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is known from Asia to Australia and the western Pacific Ocean.[1]

Species

The genus contains seven species:[1]

  • Hercostomoides baroalba Bickel, 2022 – Australia
  • Hercostomoides bhartii Grichanov, 2017 – Indonesia (Highland Papua)[2]
  • Hercostomoides flavipleurus Bickel, 2022 – Australia
  • Hercostomoides gagnei Bickel, 2022 – Australia
  • Hercostomoides rufinus (Frey, 1925) (formerly Hercostomoides indonesianus (Hollis, 1964)) – Korea, Japan, China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Zhejiang), Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam,[3] Australia
  • Hercostomoides wauensis Bickel, 2022 – New Guinea
  • Hercostomoides yapensis Bickel, 2022 – Yap Islands, Guam

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Bickel, Daniel J. (2022). "A Revision of the Genus Hercostomoides Meuffels and Grootaert (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sympycninae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 124 (3): 549–563. doi:10.4289/0013-8797.124.3.549. 
  2. Grichanov, I. Ya. (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: 123–126. doi:10.5281/zenodo.1134297. https://www.antdiversityindia.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/docs/Grichanov_Hercostomoides_upload.7222944.pdf. 
  3. Kim, Young-Kun; Suh, Sang Jae (2022). "The First Record of the Genus Hercostomoides (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) from Korea". Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity 38 (1): 39–41. doi:10.5635/ASED.2022.38.1.025. 

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