Cheiromyia

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: Dolichopodinae
Genus: Cheiromyia
Species (8): C. bicornis – C. brevitarsis – C. carolina – C. fuscipennis – C. laselva – C. nordestina – C. palmaticornis – C. pennaticornis

Name

Cheiromyia Dyte, 1980: 223 [replacement name for Cheirocerus Parent, 1930]

Type species: Cheirocerus palmaticornis Parent, 1930, automatic.

Synonyms

• Cheirocerus Parent, 1930: 13 [preoccupied by Cheirocerus Eigenmann, 1917 (Pisces)]
  • Type species: Cheirocerus palmaticornis Parent, 1930, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Dyte, C.E. 1980. Some replacement names in the Dolichopodidae (Diptera). Entomologica Scandinavica 11: 223–224. DOI: 10.1163/187631280X00545
• Parent, O. 1930. Ergebnisse einer zoologischen Sammelreise nach Brasilien, insbesondere in das Amazonasgebiet, ausgerfuhrt von Dr. H. Zerny. III. Teil. Diptera: Dolichopodidae. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 44: 5–26. PDF.

Additional references

• Brooks, S.E. 2005. Systematics and phylogeny of Dolichopodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Zootaxa 857: 1–158. Abstract & excerpt. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.857.1.1 . Plazi. Reference page. 
• Brooks, S.E., Cumming, J.M. & Pollet, M.A.A. 2010. Revision of the Neotropical genus Cheiromyia Dyte (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Zootaxa 2333: 41–58. Preview PDF. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2333.1.3 . Reference page. 
• Brooks, S.E., Cumming, J.M., Limeira-de-Oliveira, F. & Pollet, M. 2018. New species and records of Cheiromyia Dyte from Brazil and French Guiana (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Zootaxa 4444(3): 267–282. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4444.3.3 . Reference page. 
• Capellari, R.S. & Amorim, D.de S. 2009. Four new species of Paraclius Loew (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, and notes on the systematic position of Cheiromyia Dyte. Zootaxa 2274: 51–61. Abstract & excerpt Reference page.