Amblypsilopus

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Genus of flies

title: "Amblypsilopus" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["dolichopodidae-genera", "sciapodinae", "taxa-named-by-jacques-marie-frangile-bigot", "insects-described-in-1888", "diptera-of-asia", "diptera-of-africa", "diptera-of-australasia", "diptera-of-north-america", "diptera-of-south-america"] description: "Genus of flies" topic_path: "general/dolichopodidae-genera" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amblypsilopus" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of flies ::

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Amblypsilopus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is a large genus, with about 350 species recorded. However, it is possibly polyphyletic.

Species

Unrecognised species:

  • Amblypsilopus brunnescens (Becker, 1922)
  • Amblypsilopus oldroydi (Haider, 1957)
  • Amblypsilopus parallelinervis (Parent, 1935)
  • Amblypsilopus parvulus (Parent, 1934)
  • Amblypsilopus segnis (Parent, 1934)
  • Amblypsilopus soror (Parent, 1934)

Species considered nomina dubia:

  • Amblypsilopus flavicollis (Becker, 1923)
  • Amblypsilopus rectangularis (Parent, 1937)
  • Amblypsilopus sudanensis (Parent, 1939)
  • Amblypsilopus tropicalis (Parent, 1933)

Species transferred to Chrysosoma:

  • Amblypsilopus subfascipennis (Curran, 1926)

Species that are now synonyms:

References

References

  1. Grichanov, I.Ya.. (2021). "Eleven new species of ''Amblypsilopus'' Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to the species of Madagascar and adjacent islands". European Journal of Taxonomy.
  2. (2019). "Sciapodinae from the Himalayan region with description of nine new species from Tibet (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". [[Zootaxa]].
  3. Evenhius, N. L.. (17 April 2016). "Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions (online version)".
  4. (1994). "The Australian Sciapodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with a review of the Oriental and Australasian faunas, and a world conspectus of the subfamily". Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement.
  5. Bickel, D. J.. (2009). "Amblypsilopus (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) from the Southwest Pacific, with a Focus on the Radiation in Fiji and Vanuatu". Bishop Museum Occasional Papers.
  6. Grichanov, I. Ya.. (2003). "New Afrotropical Sciapodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) with some new synonymy". Russian Entomological Journal.
  7. Bickel, D. J.. (2006). "The Amblypsilopus pulvillatus species group (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae), a radiation in the western Pacific". Bishop Museum Occasional Papers.
  8. Bickel, D.J.. (2019). "The ''Amblypsilopus amnoni'' and ''megastoma'' groups in New Guinea (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae)". [[Israel Journal of Entomology]].
  9. Yang, D.. (1995). "Three new species of the subfamily Sciapodinae from China (Diptera, Dolichopodidae)". Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique. Entomologie.
  10. Grichanov, I. Ya.. (1999). "New species and new records of Afrotropical Sciapodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique. Entomologie.
  11. Grichanov, I. Ya.. (1998). "New data on Sciapodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) with a revised catalogue and keys to Afrotropical species of the subfamily". Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique. Entomologie.
  12. Yang, D.. (1997). "New species of Amblypsilopus and Hercostomus from China (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique. Entomologie.
  13. (2021). "New species and new records of the Afrotropical Sciapodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". Proceedings of the Russian Entomological Society.
  14. (2012). "New species of Heteropsilopus and Amblypsilopus from China (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". [[Zootaxa]].
  15. (2012). "Two new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot with a key to species from Taiwan (Diptera, Dolichopodidae)". [[ZooKeys]].
  16. (1896). "Dolichopodidae, pp. 309-345, pl. 12. In: Williston, S. W., On the Diptera of St. Vincent (West Indies)". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London.
  17. Grichanov, I. Ya.. (2022). "Six new species of ''Amblypsilopus'' Bigot (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) and a key to species of the Afrotropical mainland". European Journal of Taxonomy.
  18. (1999). "New names in the family Dolichopodidae (Diptera)". Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique. Entomologie.
  19. (2013). "Two new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot with a key to species from Vietnam (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". [[Zootaxa]].
  20. (2000). "New and little known species of Dolichopodidae from China (VII): Diptera from Emei Mountain (2)". Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique. Entomologie.
  21. Runyon, Justin B.. (2020). "The Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of Montserrat, West Indies". [[ZooKeys]].
  22. (2016). "The Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of Mexican amber". Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana.
  23. Vanschuytbroeck, P.. (1957). "Dolichopodidae de Madagascar (Diptera Brachycera orthorrapha)". Bulletin of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences.
  24. (2013). "A New Palaearctic Amblypsilopus Species (Insecta, Diptera, Dolichopodidae) from Turkey". [[Journal of the Entomological Research Society]].
  25. Grichanov, I.Ya.. (2022). "New records of Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from Primorsky Territory, Russia". Amurian Zoological Journal.

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