Grootaertia

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: Medeterinae
Genus: Grootaertia
Species (8): G. anomalipennis – G. anomalopyga – G. asymmetrica – G. bistylata – G. brevipennis – G. irwini – G. kuznetsovi – G. skorpionensis
[source: Catalogue of Life: 2010 Annual Checklist]

Name

Grootaertia Grichanov, 1999

Type species: Grootaertia kuznetsovi Grichanov, 1999, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Grichanov, I.Ya. 1999. A brief review of the Afrotropical fauna of the subfamily Medeterinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) with descriptions of a new genus and new species. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Entomologie 69: 87–112. PDF Online

Additional references

• Grichanov, I.Ya. 2000. New Afrotropical Sciapodinae and Medeterinae with a review of Namibian Dolichopodidae (Diptera). Studia dipterologica 7(2): 399–435. Online
• Grichanov, I.Ya., Kirk-Spriggs, A.H. & Grootaert, P. 2006. An annotated checklist of Namibian Dolichopodidae (Diptera) with the description of a new species of Grootaertia and a key to species of the genus. African Invertebrates 47(1): 207–227. hdl: 10520/EJC84561 . Reference page. 

Links

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• Nomenclator Zoologicus