Biology:Dubius (fly)

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Short description: Genus of flies

Dubius
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Diaphorinae
Genus: Dubius
Wei, 2012[1]
Type species
Dubius curtus
Wei, 2012

Dubius is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae, with seven species distributed in southern China and another five in the Neotropical realm. The genus name is from the Latin word dubius, referring to the variance of frons. The genus was first established by Wei Lian-Meng in 2012, including a group of species from the Neotropical realm previously placed in Chrysotus, as well as five newly described species from China.[1] According to some researchers, all of the Neotropical species should be kept in Chrysotus, as their transfer to Dubius was unwarranted.[2][3]

Species

Chinese species:

  • Dubius autumnalus Wei, 2012[1]
  • Dubius curtus Wei, 2012[1]
  • Dubius flavipedus Liu, Wang & Yang, 2015[4]
  • Dubius frontus Wei, 2012[1]
  • Dubius hongyaensis Wei, 2012[1]
  • Dubius succurtus Wei, 2012[1]
  • Dubius yunnanensis Liu, Wang & Yang, 2015[4]

Neotropical species (now transferred back to Chrysotus):[2][3]

  • Dubius angustifrons (Robinson, 1975)[5]
  • Dubius maculatus (Parent, 1934)
  • Dubius robustus (Robinson, 1975)[5]
  • Dubius spectabilis (Loew, 1861)
  • Dubius wirthi (Robinson, 1975)[5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Wei, L. M. (2012). "The evolutionary significance on fr/fa ratio of Chrysotus Meigen (Diptera, Dolichopodidae, Diaphorinae), with descriptions of one new genus and five new species". Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 37 (2): 611–622. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321724453. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Capellari, R. S.; Amorim, D. de S. (2014). "New combinations and synonymies for Neotropical species of Diaphorinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Contributions to Entomology 64 (2): 375–381. doi:10.21248/contrib.entomol.64.2.375-381. http://www.contributions-to-entomology.org/article/download/1861/1860/. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Runyon, Justin B. (2020). "The Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of Montserrat, West Indies". ZooKeys (966): 57–151. doi:10.3897/zookeys.966.55192. PMID 32982546. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Liu, Ruosi; Wang, Mengqing; Yang, Ding (2015). "Two New Species of Genus Dubius (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from China". Transactions of the American Entomological Society 141 (1): 71–79. doi:10.3157/061.141.0107. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Robinson, Harold (1975). "Bredin-Archbold-Smithsonian Biological Survey of Dominica. The Family Dolichopodidae with Some Related Antillean and Panamanian Species (Diptera)". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 185 (185): 1–141. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.185. 

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