Colobocerus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae, known from New Zealand. It contains only one species, Colobocerus alchymicus.[2] According to Bickel (1992), Colobocerus should probably be treated as a synonym of Sympycnus.[3]

Colobocerus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Sympycninae
Genus: Colobocerus
Parent, 1933[1]
Species:
C. alchymicus
Binomial name
Colobocerus alchymicus
Parent, 1933[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Parent, Octave (1933). "Étude monographique sur les Diptères Dolichopodides de Nouvelle Zélande". Annales de la Société Scientifique de Bruxelles. Série B. Sciences Physiques et Naturelles. 53: 325–441.
  2. ^ Evenhius, N. L. (17 April 2016). "Family Dolichopodidae". In Evenhius, N. L. (ed.). Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions (online version). Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  3. ^ Bickel, D. J. (1991). "Sciapodinae, Medeterinae (Insecta: Diptera) with a generic review of the Dolichopodidae" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 23 (published 13 Jan 1992): 1–74. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2015.