Biology:Pterostylus

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Short description: Genus of flies

Pterostylus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Dolichopodinae
Genus: Pterostylus
Mik, 1878[2]
Species:
P. aberrans
Binomial name
Pterostylus aberrans
(Loew, 1871)[1]
Synonyms
  • Dolichopus aberrans (Loew, 1871)
  • Gymnopternus aberrans Loew, 1871
  • Poecilobothrus aberrans (Loew, 1871)

Pterostylus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It contains a single species, Pterostylus aberrans. The genus was synonymized with Poecilobothrus by Scott E. Brooks (2005),[3] but is considered valid in Igor Grichanov's checklist of the family.[4]

References

  1. Loew, Hermann (1871). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europaischen zweiflugeligen Insecten.Von Johann Wilhelm Meigen. Neunter Theil oder dritter Supplementband. Beschreibung europaischer Dipteren. Halle: H. W. Schmidt, .. pp. viii + 319+[1] pp.. 
  2. Mik, Josef (1878). "Dipterologische Untersuchungen". Jahresber. K. K. Akad. Gymnasium: 1–24, 1 pl.. 
  3. Brooks, Scott E. (2005). "Systematics and phylogeny of Dolichopodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". Zootaxa 857: 1–158. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.857.1.1. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2005f/z00857f.pdf. 
  4. Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2017). "Alphabetic list of generic and specific names of predatory flies of the epifamily Dolichopodoidae (Diptera). 2nd ed.". Plant Protection News, Supplements (St.Petersburg: All-Union Research Institute of Plant Protection (VISR)) (23). doi:10.5281/zenodo.884863. http://vizr.spb.ru/assets/docs/vestnik/sup/Grichanov%202017%20Dolibank-sec.pdf. 

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