Biology:Dilophus

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Short description: Genus of flies

Dilophus
DIPT Bibionidae Dilophus nigrostigma.png
Dilophus nigrostigma
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Bibionidae
Genus: Dilophus
Meigen, 1803[1]
Type species
Tipula febrilis
Synonyms
  • Acanthocnemis Blanchard, 1852[2]
  • Cnemidoctenia Enderlein, 1934
  • Dactylodiscia Enderlein, 1934
  • Philia Meigen, 1800
  • Tridicroctena Enderlein, 1934

Dilophus is a genus of March flies in the family Bibionidae. There are at least 200 described species in Dilophus.[3][4][5][6]

Species found in Europe

  • Dilophus antipedalis
  • Dilophus beckeri
  • Dilophus bispinosus
  • Dilophus borealis
  • Dilophus febrilis
  • Dilophus femoratus
  • Dilophus hiemalis
  • Dilophus humeralis
  • Dilophus lingens
  • Dilophus maderae
  • Dilophus minor
  • Dilophus neglectus
  • Dilophus oceanus
  • Dilophus sardous
  • Dilophus tenuis
  • Dilophus tridentatus
Dilophus sp., female

See also

References

  1. Meigen, J. W. (1803). "Versuch einer neuen Gattungs-Eintheilung der europaischen zweiflugligen Insekten". Mag. Insektenkd 2: 259–281. 
  2. Blanchard, E. (1852). Orden IX. Dipteros. In Gay, C. (ed.), Historia fisica y politica de Chile ... Zoologia. Vol. 7, 471 pp. Published by Author. Santiago: Paris & Museo de Historia Natural. pp. 327–468. 
  3. "Dilophus Genus Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/12764. 
  4. "Dilophus Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=121401. 
  5. "Dilophus Overview". http://eol.org/pages/55390/overview. 
  6. "Browse Dilophus". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/browse/tree/id/640f7fd411e88e2f49165419b1a1ab42. 

Further reading

  • Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. 2nd Edition. CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9. 
  • Charles, H. Curran (1934). The families and genera of North American Diptera. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.6825. 
  • Fitzgerald, S.J. (2005). Evolution and classification of Bibionidae (Diptera: Bibionomorpha), Ph.D. Thesis. Oregon State University. 
  • McAlpine, J.F.; Petersen, B.V.; Shewell, G.E.; Teskey, H.J. et al. (1987). Manual of Nearctic Diptera. Research Branch Agriculture Canada. ISBN 978-0660121253. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q14675085 entry