Oncopygius is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.[2] It includes three living species in Europe, mainly recorded from montane habitats in Central and Southeastern Europe.[3] Also associated with the genus are three extinct species known from fossils found in the Rott Formation of Germany, dated to the Oligocene.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Dolichopodidae |
| Subfamily: | Neurigoninae |
| Tribe: | Neurigonini |
| Genus: | Oncopygius Mik, 1866[1] |
| Type species | |
| Systenus ornatus | |
Species
edit- Oncopygius distans (Loew, 1857)
- Oncopygius formosus Parent, 1927
- Oncopygius magnificus Loew, 1873
- †"Oncopygius" gracilior Statz, 1940
- †"Oncopygius" oligocaenicus Statz, 1940
- †"Oncopygius" venustus Statz, 1940
References
edit- ^ a b Mik, Josef (1866). "Beitrag zur Dipterenfauna des österreichischen Küstenlandes". Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien (in German). 16: 301–310.
- ^ Negrobov, O.P. (1991). "Family Dolichopodidae". In Soós, A.; Papp, L. (eds.). Dolichopodidae–Platypezidae. Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera. Vol. 7. Elsevier. pp. 11–136. ISBN 9780444599940.
- ^ Tkoč, Michel; Pollet, Marc (2012). "Oncopygius distans (Diptera: Dolichopodidae): first record from the Czech Republic, and first detailed records from Baden-Württemberg (Germany)" (PDF). Klapalekiana. 48: 275–278. ISSN 1210-6100.
- ^ Sphon, Gale G. (1973). "Additional type specimens of fossil invertebrate in the collections of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County". Contributions in Science (250): 1–75.
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