Craterophorus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Dolichopodidae |
| Subfamily: | Medeterinae |
| Genus: | Craterophorus Lamb, 1921[1] |
| Type species | |
| Craterophorus mirus Lamb, 1921[1]
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Craterophorus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae from the Afrotropical realm.[1] It is endemic to the islands of the western Indian Ocean.[2]
Species
[edit]- Craterophorus currani Grichanov, 1998[3] – Mauritius
- Craterophorus mirabilis Lamb, 1922[4] – Seychelles
- Craterophorus mirus Lamb, 1921[1] – Seychelles
- Craterophorus parenti Grichanov, 1998[3] – Madagascar
- Craterophorus permirus Lamb, 1922[4] – Seychelles
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Lamb, C. G. (1921). "An unusual type of male-secondary sexual characters in Diptera". Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 20: 475–477. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
- ^ 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" (PDF). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Entomologie. 69: 87–112.
- ^ a b Grichanov, I. Y. (1998). "Two new species of Craterophorus Lamb (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Indian Ocean islands". International Journal of Dipterological Research. 9 (3): 207–211.
- ^ a b Lamb, C.G (1922). "The Percy Sladen Trust expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905, under leadership of Mr. J. Stanley Gardiner M.A. Vol.VII. No.VIII-Diptera: Asilidae, Scenopinidae, Dolichopodidae, Pipunculidae, Syrphidae". Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology. 2. 18. London: The Linnean Society of London: 361–416. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1922.tb00554.x.
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