Anepsiomyia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.[7] It contains only one extant species from Europe, Anepsiomyia flaviventris, as well as two fossil species from the Eocene of Russia and Belarus. The systematic position of the genus is currently uncertain: it has been variously placed in subfamilies such as Sympycninae and Peloropeodinae.[8][9]

Anepsiomyia
Temporal range: Eocene–Present
Anepsiomyia flaviventris, North Wales
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Peloropeodinae
Genus: Anepsiomyia
Bezzi, 1902[2]
Species:
A. flaviventris
Binomial name
Anepsiomyia flaviventris
(Meigen, 1824)[1]
Other species
  • Anepsiomyia atterraneus Nazaraw, 1994[3]
  • Anepsiomyia planipedia (Meunier, 1907)[4][5]
Synonyms
Genus
  • Anepsius Loew, 1857
    (nec LeConte, 1851)
    [6]
Species

Taxonomic history

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The species Anepsiomyia flaviventris was first described as Porphyrops flaviventris by Johann Wilhelm Meigen in 1824. In 1857, Hermann Loew classified the species as its own genus, Anepsius, which he considered to be most closely related to the genus Sympycnus;[6] the name Anepsius is derived from the Ancient Greek word ἀνεψιός (anepsiós, 'cousin'), referring to this close relationship.[10] Later, Mario Bezzi found this name to be preoccupied by the darkling beetle genus Anepsius (LeConte, 1851), so he renamed Loew's genus to Anepsiomyia in 1902.[2]

Distribution

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A. flaviventris is found in Northwestern and central Europe, as well as in Portugal.[7][11][12][13]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Meigen, J. W. (1824). "Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europaischen zweiflugeligen Insekten". Vierter Theil. Schulz-Wundermann, Hamm.: xii + 428 pp.
  2. ^ a b Bezzi, Mario (1902). "Neue Namen fur einige Dipteren-Gattungen". Zeitschrift für systematische Hymenopterologie und Dipterologie. 2: 190–192. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  3. ^ Nazaraw, U. I.; Bagdasaraw, A. A.; Ur'ew, I. I. (1994). "First findings of insects (Diptera, Hymenoptera) in amber from the Belarussian Polesye region". Vyestsi Akademii Navuk Byelarusi, Syeryya Biyalahichnykh Navuk. 2: 104–108.
  4. ^ Meunier, F. (1907). "Monographie des Dolichopodidae de l'ambre de la Baltique". Le Naturaliste. 29 (2): 221–222.
  5. ^ Evenhuis, Neal L. (2014). "Family DOLICHOPODIDAE". Catalog of the fossil flies of the world (Insecta: Diptera) (Version 2.0).
  6. ^ a b Loew, Hermann (1857). "Neue Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Dipteren. Fünfter Beitrag". Programm der Königlichen Realschule zu Meseritz: 1–56.
  7. ^ a b 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.
  8. ^ Bernasconi, M. V.; Pollet, M.; Ward, P. I. (2007). "Molecular systematics of Dolichopodidae (Diptera) inferred from COI and 12S rDNA gene sequences based on European exemplars". Invertebrate Systematics. 21: 453–470. doi:10.1071/IS06043.
  9. ^ Germann, C.; Pollet, M.; Wimmer, C.; Bernasconi, M.V. (2011). "Molecular data sheds light on the classification of long-legged flies (Diptera : Dolichopodidae)". Invertebrate Systematics. 25 (4): 303–321. doi:10.1071/IS11029.
  10. ^ Loew, H. (1864). "Monographs of the Diptera of North America. Part II". Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 6: 1–360.
  11. ^ Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Parts I, II. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi. ISBN 81-205-0080-6 ISBN 81-205-0081-4
  12. ^ Parent, O. (1938) Diptères Dolichopodidae. Paris: Éditions Faune de France 35 . 720 p., 1. 002 fig. Bibliotheque Virtuelle Numerique pdf
  13. ^ Pollet, M.; Andrade, R.; Gonçalves, A.; Andrade, P.; Jacinto, V.; Almeida, J.; De Braekeleer, A.; Van Calster, H.; Brosens, D. (2019). "Dipterological surveys in Portugal unveil 200 species of long-legged flies, with over 170 new to the country (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". Zootaxa. 4649 (1): zootaxa.4649.1.1. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4649.1.1. PMID 31716932.