Sciapus

Sciapus platypterus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Empidoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Antliophora Ordo: Diptera Subordo: Brachycera Infraordo: Asilomorpha Superfamilia: Empidoidea

Familia: Dolichopodidae
Subfamilia: Sciapodinae
Genus: Sciapus
Species: S. abberans – S. adana – S. adumbratus – S. albifrons – S. albovittatus – S. algirus – S. arctus – S. basarukini – S. basavandae – S. basilicus – S. bellus – S. calceolatus – S. canariensis – S. contristans – S. corsicanus – S. costae – S. delicatus – S. discretus – S. dytei – S. euchromus – S. euzonus – S. evanidus – S. filipes – S. flavicinctus – S. flexicornis – S. frater – S. freidbergi – S. glaucescens – S. gracilipes – S. heteropygus – S. holoxanthos – S. incognitus – S. iranicus – S. judaeus – S. khuzestanicus – S. laetus – S. lesinensis – S. litoralis – S. lobipes – S. longimanus – S. longitarsis – S. longulus – S. maritimus – S. matilei – S. maurus – S. medvedevi – S. mitis – S. montium – S. nebraskaensis – S. nervosus – S. nigricornis – S. occidasiaticus – S. oldenbergi – S. opacus – S. pallens – S. palmipes – S. paradoxus – S. platypterus – S. polozhentsevi – S. pseudobellus – S. richterae – S. roderi – S. rutilus – S. sibiricus – S. spiniger – S. spinosus – S. subvicinus – S. sylvaticus – S. tener – S. tenuinervis – S. venetus – S. vicinus – S. vladimiri – S. wiedemanni – S. zewoiensus – S. zonatulus – †S. combaluzieri – ?†S. erasmius – †S. rottensis
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Doubtful species: S. fasciatus – S. ingruo – S. regalis

Name

Sciapus Zeller, 1842

Type species: Dolichopus platypterus Fabricius, 1805, automatic.

Synonymy

• Leptopus Fallén, 1823 [junior homonym of Leptopus Latreille, 1809]
  • Type species: Dolichopus contristans Wiedemann, 1817 sensu Fallén, 1823 [= Psilopus zonatulus Zetterstedt, 1843], by subsequent designation by Coquillet, 1910: 560.
• Psilopus Meigen, 1824: x, 35, pl. 34 [junior homonym of Psilopus Poli, 1795]
  • Type species: Dolichopus platypterus Fabricius, 1805, by subsequent designation by Westwood (1840: 134).
• Sciapus Zeller, 1842: 831 [replacement name for Psilopus Meigen, 1824]
  • Type species: Dolichopus platypterus Fabricius, 1805, automatic.
• Stenarus Gistel, 1848: x (unnecessary new replacement name for Psilopus Meigen, 1824)
• Psylopus Rondani, 1850: 195 [unjustified emendation of Psilopus Meigen, 1824] [syn.: O’Hara, Cerretti, Pape & Evenhuis, 2011: 153]
• Psilopodius Rondani, 1861: 11 [replacement name for Psilopus Meigen, 1824]
  • Type species: Dolichopus platypterus Fabricius, 1805, automatic.
• Psilopodinus Bigot, 1888: xxiv
  • Type species: Dolichopus platypterus Fabricius, 1805 [as "Psilopus"], by original designation.
• Psilopiella Van Duzee, 1914: 438 [syn.: Bickel, 1994: 88]
  • Type species: Psilopiella rutila Van Duzee, 1914, by original designation.
• Agastoplax Enderlein, 1936: 114 [syn.: Bickel, 1994: 88]
  • Type species: Psilopus flavicinctus Loew, 1857, by monotypy.
• Dactylodiscia Enderlein, 1936: 114 (subgenus of Sciapus) [nomen nudum; genus-group name proposed after 1930 without designation of type species from two included species; junior homonym of Dactylodiscia Enderlein, 1934] [syn.: Bickel, 1994: 88]
• Dactylorhipis Enderlein, 1936: 114 [syn.: Bickel, 1994: 88]
  • Type species: Psilopus bellus Loew, 1873, by monotypy.
• Placantichir Enderlein, 1936: 114 [nomen nudum; genus-group name proposed after 1930 without designation of type species from two included species]
• Dactylodiscia Anonymous in Imperial Institute of Entomology, 1937: 381 [junior homonym of Dactylodiscia Enderlein, 1934]
  • Type species: Psilopus calceolatus Loew, 1859 by original designation.
• Placantichir Anonymous in Imperial Institute of Entomology, 1937: 381
  • Type species: Dolichopus nervosus Lehmann, 1822, by monotypy.
• Placantichir Bickel, 1994: 88 [nomen nudum; genus-group name proposed in synonymy after 1960]

References

Primary references

• Bickel, D.J. 1994. The Australian Sciapodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with a review of the Oriental and Australasian faunas, and a world conspectus of the subfamily. Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 21: 1–394. DOI: 10.3853/j.0812-7387.21.1994.50 . ISBN 0-7310-4133-X. Reference page. 
• Coquillett, D.W. 1910. The type-species of the North American genera of Diptera. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 37: 499–647. BHL.
• Gistel, J.N.F.X. 1848. Naturgeschichte des Thierreichs. Für höhere Schulen. Mit einem Atlas von 32 Tafeln (darstellend 617 illuminirte Figuren) und mehreren dem Texte eingedruckten Xylographien. Hoffmann, Stuttgart: xvi + 216 + [4] pp., 32 pl. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.97235. BHL Reference page. 
• Meigen, J. 1824. Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäischen zweiflügeligen Insekten 4, xi i+ 428 pp., 9 pls. Hamm, Schulz-Wundermann'sche Buchhandlung. BHL. Reference page. 
• O’Hara, J.E., Cerretti, P., Pape, T. & Evenhuis, N.L. 2011. Nomenclatural studies toward a world list of Diptera genus-group names. Part II: Camillo Rondani. Zootaxa 3141: 1–268. Preview PDF Reference page. 
• Van Duzee, M.C. 1914. New species of North American Dolichopodidae (Dip.). Entomological news, and proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 25: 433–443. BHL.
• Westwood, J.O. 1838–1840. Synopsis of the genera of British Insects. Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, London. 158 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Zeller, P.C. 1842. Dipterologische Beiträge. Zweite Abtheilung. Isis 1842: 807–847. BHL.

Additional references

• Dyte, C.E. 1975. Family Dolichopodidae. Pp. 212–258. In: Delfinado, M.D. & Hardy, D.E. (eds) A Catalog of the Diptera of the Oriental Region. Volume II—Suborder Brachycera through Division Aschiza, Suborder Cyclorrhapha. Honolulu, University Press of Hawaii. DOI: 10.1515/9780824886578 . Reference page. 
• Dyte, C.E. & Smith, K.G.V. 1980. 33. Family Dolichopodidae. Pp. 443–463. In: Crosskey, R. (ed.) Catalogue of the Diptera of the Afrotropical Region. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1437 pp. ISBN 0-565-00821-8. BHL. Reference page. 
• Evenhuis, N.L. & Pape, T. 2019. Nomenclatural Studies Toward a World List of Diptera Genus-Group Names Part VII: Johann Wilhelm Meigen. Zootaxa 4703(1): 1–193. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4703.1.1 . Reference page. 
• Evenhuis, N.L., Pape, T. & Pont, A.C. 2008. The problems of subsequent typification in genus-group names and use of the Zoological Record: a study of selected post-1930 Diptera genus-group names without type species designations. Zootaxa 1912: 1–44. Abstract & excerpt. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1912.1.1 . PDF. Reference page. 
• Evenhuis, N.L. & Pont, A.C. 2004. The Diptera Genera of Jacques-Marie-Frangile Bigot. Zootaxa 751(1): 1–94. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.751.1.1 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Grichanov, I.Ya. & Gilasian, E. 2023. Two new species of Sciapus Zeller, 1842 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Iran. Journal of Insect Biodiversity 38(2): 37–47. DOI: 10.12976/jib/2023.38.2.2 Reference page. 
• Grichanov, I.Ya. & Negrobov, O.P. 2014. Palaearctic species of the genus Sciapus Zeller (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Plant Protection News, Supplements (13). St.Petersburg: VIZR RAAS. 84 pp. ISBN 978-5-93717-061-3. PDF. Internet Archive. Reference page. 
• Grichanov, I.Ya. & Selivanova, O.O. 2022. The long-legged flies (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Kurile Islands, with description of a new species of the genus Sciapus Zeller, 1842. Far Eastern Entomologist 445: 7–24. DOI: 10.25221/fee.445.2 Reference page. 
• Meuffels, H.J.G. & Grootaert, P. 1990. The identity of Sciapus contristans (Wiedemann, 1817) (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), and a revision of the species group of its relatives. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Entomologie 60: 161–178. PDF. Reference page. 
• Negrobov, O.P. & Grichanov, I.Ya. 2010. A new species of the genus Sciapus Zeller (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Caucasus. Far Eastern Entomologist 204: 6–8. PDF. Reference page. 
• Negrobov, O.P. & Maslova, O.O. 2006. The redescriptions of types of species from the genus Sciapus (Dolichopodidae, Diptera) described by Th. Becker. International Journal of Dipterological Research 17(1): 65–71. Reference page.  [not seen]
• Pollet, M.A.A., Brooks, S.E. & Cumming, J.M. 2004. Catalog of the Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of America north of Mexico. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 283: 1–114. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090(2004)283<0001:COTDDO>2.0.CO;2 . hdl: 2246/451 . Reference page. 
• Sphon, G.G. 1973. Additional type specimens of fossil invertebrata in the collections of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Contributions in Science 250: 1–75. BHL.
• Statz, G. 1940. Neue Dipteren (Brachycera et Cyclorhapha) aus dem Oberoligozän von Rott. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 91: 120–174. [not seen]
• Tang, C.-F. Zhu, Y.-J & Yang, D. 2019. Sciapodinae from the Himalayan region with description of nine new species from Tibet (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Zootaxa 4577(1): 1–28. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4577.1.1 . Reference page. 

Links

• Evenhius, N.L. 2014. Family Dolichopodidae. In: Catalog of the fossil flies of the world (Insecta: Diptera) website. Available at: http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/fossilcat/fossdolicho.html. Version 2.0.