Euxiphocerus is a genus of fly in the family Dolichopodidae from the Afrotropical realm.[1][2] It was originally placed in the subfamily Rhaphiinae, but some authors now place it in Medeterinae, tribe Systenini.[3][4]

Euxiphocerus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Medeterinae
Tribe: Systenini
Genus: Euxiphocerus
Parent, 1935[1]
Type species
Euxiphocerus wulfi
Parent, 1935[1]

Species edit

The genus contains three species:

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d Parent, Octave (1935). "Dipteres Dolichopodides du Congo Belge. Nouvelle contribution". Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines. 27: 112–129.
  2. ^ Yang, D.; Zhu, Y.; Wang, M.; Zhang, L. (2006). World Catalog of Dolichopodidae (Insecta: Diptera). Beijing: China Agricultural University Press. pp. 1–704. ISBN 9787811171020.
  3. ^ a b c Grichanov, I.Ya. (2009). "Systematics of the genus Euxiphocerus Parent, 1935 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". Caucasian Entomological Bulletin. 5 (1): 127–131. doi:10.23885/1814-3326-2009-5-1-127-131 (inactive 2024-03-22).{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of March 2024 (link)
  4. ^ Negrobov, O. P.; Chursina, M. A.; Selivanova, O. V. (2016). "New Data on the Taxonomy of the Diaphorinae and Medeterinae Subfamilies (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Journal of the Entomological Research Society. 18 (2): 61–71.