Biology:Campsicnemus
| Campsicnemus | |
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| Campsicnemus curvipes | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Dolichopodidae |
| Subfamily: | Sympycninae |
| Genus: | Campsicnemus Haliday in Walker, 1851 |
| Type species | |
| Dolichopus scambus Fallén, 1823
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Campsicnemus is a genus of flies in family Dolichopodidae. There are more than 290 described species, made up of 34 Palearctic, 22 Nearctic, seven Afrotropic, 170 Australasian and Oceanian, and seven Indomalayan species.[3] Some species endemic to the Hawaiian islands are characterized by their lack of wings. After the introduction of invasive ants and other alien species such as wild boar (Sus scrofa) [4] to the islands, some of these flightless species are believed extinct.[5]
The generic name is derived from the Ancient Greek καμψις ("curve") and κνημη ("tibia"). This refers to the modified mid tibia of the males, a male secondary sexual character that is very distinct in Campsicnemus.[6]
Gallery
C. curvipes on leaf
See also
References
- ↑ Evenhuis, N. L. (2003). "Review of the Hawaiian Campsicnemus species from Kaua'i (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with key and descriptions of new species". Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 75: 1–34. http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/pubs-online/pdf/op75.pdf. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
- ↑ Evenhuis, N. L. (2010). "Morphological and molecular evidence support the synonymy of Emperoptera Grimshaw with Campsicnemus Haliday (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 108: 35–44. http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/pubs-online/pdf/op108p35.pdf.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Neal L. Evenhuis (1997). "Review Of Flightless Dolichopodidae (Diptera) In The Hawaiian Islands". Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 53: 1–29. http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/pdf/flightless-doli.pdf.
- ↑ "Rare Flightless Flies". http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/bishop/hbsimages/flightless-flies.html.
- ↑ "Campsicnemus Genus Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/177426.
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