Ortochile is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.[3] It is distributed in the Western Palaearctic realm, including Europe, Turkey, Israel and North Africa. Adults of Ortochile have greatly elongated mouthparts, longer than the height of the head. They are associated with flowers, and have been reported to feed on nectar and pollen. Flower-feeding is also known in some species of Hercostomus.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Dolichopodidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichopodinae |
| Genus: | Ortochile Latreille, 1809 |
| Type species | |
| Ortochile nigrocoerulea Latreille, 1809
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Species
editFour species are included in the genus:[5]
- Ortochile barbicoxa Strobl, 1909 – Spain
- Ortochile morenae (Strobl, 1899)[5] – Morocco, Spain
- Ortochile nigrocoerulea Latreille, 1809 – West and South Europe, North Africa, Middle East
- Ortochile soccata Loew, 1850 – France, Italy, Malta
References
edit- ^ O'Hara, James E.; Cerretti, Pierfilippo; Pape, Thomas; Evenhuis, Neal L. (2011). "Nomenclatural Studies Toward a World List of Diptera Genus-Group Names. Part II: Camillo Rondani" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3141: 1–268.
- ^ Evenhuis, Neal L.; Pape, Thomas; Pont, Adrian C. (2016). "Nomenclatural Studies Toward a World List of Diptera Genus-Group Names. Part V: Pierre-Justin-Marie Macquart" (PDF). Zootaxa. 4172 (1): 1–211. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4172.1.1. PMID 27701208.
- ^ Grichanov, I. Ya (1999). "A check list of Genera of the family Dolichopodidae (Diptera)". Studia Dipterologica. 6 (2): 327–332.
- ^ Brooks, Scott E. (2005). "Systematics and phylogeny of Dolichopodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 857: 1–158. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.857.1.1.
- ^ a b Grichanov, I.Ya.; Nourti, M. (2021). "Notes on taxonomy and distribution of some Ortochile Latreille, 1809, Sybistroma Meigen, 1824 and Teuchophorus Loew, 1857 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) species from Mediterranean Region" (PDF). Russian Entomological Journal. 30 (2): 189–195. doi:10.15298/rusentj.30.2.14.
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