Acymatopus
| Acymatopus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Dolichopodidae |
| Subfamily: | Hydrophorinae |
| Tribe: | Aphrosylini |
| Genus: | Acymatopus Takagi, 1965[1] |
| Type species | |
| Acymatopus major | |
Acymatopus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.[2][1] It is distributed in Japan and China, and lives exclusively on marine coasts. It is similar in appearance to the genus Conchopus, which is also found in marine coasts.[3]
Species
[edit]There are six known species in the genus:[3]
- Acymatopus femoralis Takagi, 1965[1] – Japan (Shikoku and Kyushu)
- Acymatopus longisetosus Takagi, 1965[1] – Japan (along the Pacific coast of eastern Honshu)
- Acymatopus major Takagi, 1965[1] – Japan (along the eastern shore of the Kii Peninsula and the Pacific coast of Kyushu)
- Acymatopus minor Takagi, 1965[1] – Japan (widely distributed, except for areas along the Pacific coast of northern Honshu)
- Acymatopus oxycercus Masunaga, Saigusa & Yang, 2005[3] – Japan (Chiba Prefecture and Shizuoka Prefecture)
- Acymatopus takeishii Masunaga, Saigusa & Yang, 2005[3] – Northeast China (Dalian)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g Takagi, Sadao (1965). "A contribution to the knowledge of the marine shore Dolichopodidae of Japan (Diptera)" (PDF). Insecta Matsumurana. 27 (2): 49–84. hdl:2115/9721. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d Masunaga, Kazuhiro; Saigusa, Toyohei; Yang, Ding (2005). "Taxonomy of the genus Acymatopus Takagi (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". Entomological Science. 8 (3): 301–311. doi:10.1111/j.1479-8298.2005.00129.x.
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