Biology:Afroparaclius

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Afroparaclius
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Dolichopodinae
Genus: Afroparaclius
Grichanov, 2006[1]
Type species
Paracleius thompsoni
Grichanov, 2004[2]

Afroparaclius is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.[3] It includes two species from Africa formerly placed in Paracleius (which is now a synonym of Pelastoneurus).[4]

Species

  • Afroparaclius didyensis (Grichanov, 2004)[2] – Madagascar, South Africa
  • Afroparaclius thompsoni (Grichanov, 2004)[2] – Burundi, DR Congo, Gabon

References

  1. Grichanov, I. Y. (2006). "New genera and new combinations for afrotropical Dolichopodinae (Dolichopodidae, Diptera)". International Journal of Dipterological Research 17: 23–34. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2004). "Review of Afrotropical Dolichopodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". Plant Protection News, Supplements (St.Petersburg: All-Russian Institute of Plant Protection RAAS): 1–244. ISSN 1815-3682. http://vizr.spb.ru/assets/docs/vestnik/sup/s3.pdf. 
  3. Yang, D.; Zhu, Y.; Wang, M.; Zhang, L. (2006). World Catalog of Dolichopodidae (Insecta: Diptera).. Beijing: China Agricultural University Press. pp. 1–704. ISBN 9787811171020. 
  4. Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2018). "An annotated catalogue of afrotropical Dolichopodoidae (Diptera)". Plant Protection News, Supplements (St.Petersburg: All-Union Research Institute of Plant Protection (VISR)) (25). doi:10.5281/zenodo.1187006. 

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