Rhaphium
Genus of flies
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::summary Genus of flies ::
| image = Diptera-Dolichopodidae-Rhaphium-sp-201205160240.JPG | image_caption = Rhaphium sp. | taxon = Rhaphium | authority = Meigen, 1803 | type_species = Rhaphium macrocerum | type_species_authority = Meigen, 1824 | synonyms = * Hydrochus Fallen, 1823 (nec Leach, 1817)
- Raphium Latreille, 1829 (unjustified emendation)
- Perithinus Haliday, 1832
- Anglearia Carlier, 1835
- Xiphandrium Loew, 1857 Rhaphium is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is the largest genus within the subfamily Rhaphiinae, with over 200 species currently known.
Etymology
The generic name Rhaphium is derived from the Ancient Greek word ῥάφιον (grc, "a small needle"), referring to the shape of the antennae.
Species
- Rhaphium aequale Van Duzee, 1927
- Rhaphium albibarbum (Van Duzee, 1924)
- Rhaphium albifrons Zetterstedt, 1843
- Rhaphium albomaculatum (Becker, 1891)
- Rhaphium aldrichi (Van Duzee, 1922)
- Rhaphium antennatum (Carlier, 1835)
- Rhaphium apicinigrum Yang & Saigusa, 1999
- Rhaphium apophysatum Tang, Wang & Yang, 2016
- Rhaphium appendiculatum Zetterstedt, 1849
- Rhaphium arboreum Curran, 1924
- Rhaphium armatum Curran, 1924
- Rhaphium atkinsoni Curran, 1926
- Rhaphium auctum Loew, 1857
- Rhaphium baihuashanum Yang, 1998
- Rhaphium banksi Van Duzee, 1926
- Rhaphium barbipes (Van Duzee, 1923)
- Rhaphium basale Loew, 1850
- Rhaphium beringiense Negrobov & Vockeroth, 1979
- Rhaphium bidilatatum (Parent, 1954)
- Rhaphium bilobum Tang, Wang & Yang, 2016
- Rhaphium bisectum Tang, Wang & Yang, 2016
- Rhaphium boreale (Van Duzee, 1923)
- Rhaphium borisovi Negrobov, Barkalov & Selivanova, 2012
- Rhaphium brachyceras Meuffels & Grootaert, 1999
- Rhaphium brevicorne Curtis, 1835
- Rhaphium brevilamellatum Van Duzee in Curran, 1926
- Rhaphium brooksi Negrobov, Barkalov & Selivanova, 2011
- Rhaphium browni Curran, 1931
- Rhaphium bukzeevae Grichanov, 1995
- Rhaphium bulyginskayae Grichanov, 1995
- Rhaphium calcaratum Van Duzee, 1928
- Rhaphium caliginosum Meigen, 1824
- Rhaphium campestre Curran, 1924
- Rhaphium canadense Curran, 1924
- Rhaphium canniccii Grootaert, Taylor & Guénard, 2019
- Rhaphium caucasicum Negrobov, Grichanov & Selivanova, 2013
- Rhaphium caudatum Van Duzee in Curran, 1926
- Rhaphium ciliatum Curran, 1929
- Rhaphium coloradense Curran, 1926
- Rhaphium colute Harmston & James in Harmston & Knowlton, 1942
- Rhaphium commune (Meigen, 1824)
- Rhaphium confine Zetterstedt, 1843
- Rhaphium crassipes (Meigen, 1824)
- Rhaphium crinitum Negrobov & Onishchenko, 1991
- Rhaphium currani (Parent, 1939)
- Rhaphium curvitarsus Negrobov, Maslova & Selivanova, 2020
- Rhaphium daqinggouense Tang, Wang & Yang, 2016
- Rhaphium dichromum Negrobov, 1976
- Rhaphium discigerum Stenhammar, 1850
- Rhaphium discolor Zetterstedt, 1838
- Rhaphium dispar Coquillett, 1898
- Rhaphium doroninae Grichanov, 1995
- Rhaphium doroteum Negrobov, 1979
- Rhaphium dorsiseta Tang, Wang & Yang, 2016
- Rhaphium dubium (Van Duzee, 1922)
- Rhaphium eburnea (Parent, 1926)
- Rhaphium effilatum (Wheeler, 1899)
- Rhaphium elegantulum (Meigen, 1824)
- Rhaphium elongatum Van Duzee, 1933
- Rhaphium ensicorne Meigen, 1824
- Rhaphium essoense Negrobov, 1979
- Rhaphium exile Curran, 1926
- Rhaphium fasciatum Meigen, 1824
- Rhaphium fascipes (Meigen, 1824)
- Rhaphium femineum (Van Duzee, 1922)
- Rhaphium femoratum (Van Duzee, 1922)
- Rhaphium firsovi Stackelberg & Negrobov in Negrobov, 1976
- Rhaphium fissum Loew, 1850
- Rhaphium flavicoxa (Van Duzee, 1922)
- Rhaphium flavilabre Negrobov, 1979
- Rhaphium foliatum Curran, 1926
- Rhaphium furcatum Yang & Saigusa, 2000
- Rhaphium furciferum Curran, 1931
- Rhaphium gangchanum Qilemoge, Wang & Yang, 2019
- Rhaphium gansuanum Yang, 1998
- Rhaphium gibsoni Curran, 1926
- Rhaphium glaciale (Ringdahl, 1920)
- Rhaphium gracile Curran, 1924
- Rhaphium grandicercum Negrobov, 1979
- Rhaphium grande (Curran, 1923)
- Rhaphium gravipes Haliday in Walker, Stainton & Wilkinson, 1851
- Rhaphium gruniniani Negrobov, 1979
- Rhaphium gussakovskii Stackelberg & Negrobov in Negrobov, 1976
- Rhaphium heilongjiangense Wang, Yang & Masunaga, 2005
- Rhaphium hirtimanum Van Duzee, 1933
- Rhaphium holmgreni (Mik, 1878)
- Rhaphium hongkongense Grootaert, Taylor & Guénard, 2019
- Rhaphium hungaricum (Becker, 1918)
- Rhaphium huzhuense Qilemoge, Lin, Qi, Li & Yang, 2020
- Rhaphium impetuum Curran, 1926
- Rhaphium insolitum Curran, 1926
- Rhaphium intermedium (Becker, 1918)
- Rhaphium jamalense Negrobov, 1986
- Rhaphium johnrichardi Negrobov & Grichanov, 2010
- Rhaphium johnsoni (Van Duzee, 1923)
- Rhaphium lanceolatum Loew, 1850
- Rhaphium latifacies Van Duzee, 1930
- Rhaphium latimanum Kahanpaa, 2007
- Rhaphium lehri Negrobov, 1977
- Rhaphium longibara Van Duzee, 1930
- Rhaphium longicorne (Fallen, 1823)
- Rhaphium longipalpe Curran, 1926
- Rhaphium longipes (Loew, 1864)
- Rhaphium lugubre Loew, 1861
- Rhaphium lumbricum Wei, 2006
- Rhaphium macalpini Negrobov, 1986
- Rhaphium mcveighi Grichanov, 1995
- Rhaphium mediocre (Becker, 1922)
- Rhaphium melampus (Loew, 1861)
- Rhaphium mesasiaticum Negrobov, Selivanova & Maslova, 2013
- Rhaphium micans (Meigen, 1824)
- Rhaphium minhense Qilemoge, Lin, Qi, Li & Yang, 2020
- Rhaphium monotrichum Loew, 1850
- Rhaphium montanum (Van Duzee, 1920)
- Rhaphium nasutum (Fallen, 1823)
- Rhaphium neimengense Tang, Wang & Yang, 2016
- Rhaphium neolatifacies Yang & Wang, 2006
- Rhaphium nigribarbatum (Becker, 1900)
- Rhaphium nigricoxa (Loew, 1861)
- Rhaphium nigrociliatum Curran, 1926
- Rhaphium nigrovittatum Curran, 1926
- Rhaphium nigrum (Van Duzee, 1923)
- Rhaphium nubilum Van Duzee, 1930
- Rhaphium nudiusculum Negrobov, 1976
- Rhaphium nuortevai Negrobov, 1977
- Rhaphium obscuripes Zetterstedt, 1849
- Rhaphium obtusum Van Duzee, 1928
- Rhaphium occipitale Curran, 1927
- Rhaphium orientale Curran, 1926
- Rhaphium ovsyannikovae Grichanov, 1995
- Rhaphium palliaristatum Yang & Saigusa, 2001
- Rhaphium palpale Curran, 1926
- Rhaphium parentianum Negrobov, 1979
- Rhaphium patellitarse (Becker, 1900)
- Rhaphium patulum (Raddatz, 1873)
- Rhaphium paulseni Philippi, 1865
- Rhaphium pectinatum (Loew, 1859)
- Rhaphium pectinigerum (Parent, 1938)
- Rhaphium penicillatum Loew, 1850
- Rhaphium petchi Curran, 1924
- Rhaphium picketti Grichanov, 1995
- Rhaphium pitkini Grichanov, 1995
- Rhaphium pollex (Van Duzee, 1922)
- Rhaphium psilopodum (Becker, 1918)
- Rhaphium punctitarse Curran, 1924
- Rhaphium qinghaiense Yang, 1998
- Rhaphium quadrispinosum (Strobl, 1898)
- Rhaphium reaveyi Grichanov, 1995
- Rhaphium relatum (Becker, 1922)
- Rhaphium rhaphioides Zetterstedt, 1838
- Rhaphium richterae Negrobov, 1977
- Rhaphium riparium (Meigen, 1824)
- Rhaphium rivale (Loew, 1869)
- Rhaphium robustum Curran, 1926
- Rhaphium rossi Harmston & Knowlton, 1940
- Rhaphium rotundiceps (Loew, 1861)
- Rhaphium sachalinense Negrobov, 1979
- Rhaphium septentrionale Curran, 1931
- Rhaphium sexsetosum (Vanschuytbroeck, 1951)
- Rhaphium shaliuhense Qilemoge, Wang & Yang, 2019
- Rhaphium shamshevi Grichanov, 1995
- Rhaphium shannoni Curran, 1926
- Rhaphium sibiricum Negrobov, Barkalov & Selivanova, 2011
- Rhaphium sichotense Negrobov, 1979
- Rhaphium sichuanense Yang & Saigusa, 1999
- Rhaphium signifer (Osten Sacken, 1878)
- Rhaphium simplicipes Curran, 1926
- Rhaphium sinense Negrobov, 1979
- Rhaphium speciosum (S. Abreu, 1929)
- Rhaphium spinitarse Curran, 1924
- Rhaphium spinulatum Grootaert, Taylor & Guénard, 2019
- Rhaphium srilankense Naglis & Grootaert, 2011
- Rhaphium stackelbergi Negrobov, 1976
- Rhaphium steyskali Robinson, 1967
- Rhaphium suave (Loew, 1859)
- Rhaphium subarmatum Curran, 1924
- Rhaphium subfurcatum Van Duzee, 1932
- Rhaphium subtridactylum Negrobov, Barkalov & Selivanova, 2011
- Rhaphium temerarium (Becker, 1922)
- Rhaphium terminale (Van Duzee, 1924)
- Rhaphium tianshanicum Negrobov, Grichanov & Selivanova, 2013
- Rhaphium tianshuiense Qilemoge, Wang & Yang, 2019
- Rhaphium tibiale (von Roser, 1840)
- Rhaphium triangulatum (Van Duzee, 1922)
- Rhaphium tricaudatum (Van Duzee, 1923)
- Rhaphium tridactylum (Frey, 1915)
- Rhaphium tripartitum (Frey, 1913)
- Rhaphium tuberculatum (Negrobov, 1973)
- Rhaphium turanicola (Stackelberg, 1927)
- Rhaphium umbripenne (Frey, 1915)
- Rhaphium vanduzeei Curran, 1926
- Rhaphium venustum Negrobov, 1977
- Rhaphium vockerothi Robinson, 1964
- Rhaphium wheeleri Van Duzee, 1932
- Rhaphium wuduanum Wang, Yang & Masunaga, 2005
- Rhaphium xinjiangense Yang, 1998
- Rhaphium xipheres (Wheeler, 1899)
- Rhaphium xiphias Meigen, 1824
- Rhaphium zairense Negrobov, Grichanov & Bakary, 1982
- Rhaphium zakonnikovae Grichanov, 1995
- Rhaphium zhongdianum Yang & Saigusa, 2001
Unrecognised species:
- Rhaphium cupreum Macquart, 1827
- Rhaphium cylindricum Zetterstedt, 1838
- Rhaphium dilatatum Wiedemann, 1830
- Rhaphium fulvipes (Macquart, 1827)
- Rhaphium macrocerum Meigen, 1824
- Rhaphium maculipes (Meigen, 1824)
- Rhaphium magnicorne (Zetterstedt, 1843)
- Rhaphium obscuratum (Meigen, 1824)
- Rhaphium rufipes Meigen, 1824
- Rhaphium thoracicum (Meigen, 1824)
Gallery
File:Rhaphium - 2014-06-08.webm|Rhaphium sp. in copula
References
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