Achradocera

Achradocera is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.[2] It is distributed in the Nearctic and Neotropical realms as well as in Polynesia.[3] Several Afrotropical species were also placed in the genus, but in 2018 they were transferred to Chrysotus.[4] Achradocera was formerly considered a subgenus of Chrysotus, but was restored as a separate genus by Harold E. Robinson (1975).[3]

Achradocera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Dolichopodidae
Subfamily:	Diaphorinae
Genus:	Achradocera Becker, 1922[1]
Type species
Achradocera femoralis Becker, 1922[1]

Species

• Achradocera apicalis (Aldrich, 1896)
• Achradocera arcuata (Van Duzee, 1924)
• Achradocera barbata (Loew, 1861)[3]
• Achradocera chilensis (Van Duzee, 1930)
• Achradocera contracta (Van Duzee, 1929)
• Achradocera edwardsi (Van Duzee, 1930)
• Achradocera excavata (Van Duzee, 1924)
• Achradocera femoralis Becker, 1922[1]
• Achradocera fractus Meijere, 1913
• Achradocera insignis Parent, 1933
• Achradocera longiseta Parent, 1933
• Achradocera meridionalis Becker, 1922[1]
• Achradocera porrectus Parent, 1939
• Achradocera shannoni (Van Duzee, 1930)
• Achradocera tuberculata (Van Duzee, 1931)

The following species are synonyms or have been moved to other genera:[3][4]

• Achradocera africana Parent, 1934:[5] now Chrysotus africanus (Parent, 1934)
• Achradocera angustifacies Becker, 1922:[1] synonym of A. barbata (Loew, 1861)
• Achradocera ealensis Parent, 1936: now Chrysotus ealensis (Parent, 1936)
• Achradocera insularis Lamb, 1933: now Chrysotus insularis (Lamb, 1933)
• Achradocera insularis Parent, 1933 (homonym of above): synonym of Chrysotus insularis (Lamb, 1933)
• Achradocera rutshuruensis Vanschuytbroeck, 1951:[6] now Chrysotus rutshuruensis (Vanschuytbroeck, 1951)
• Achradocera wulfi Parent, 1936: now Chrysotus wulfi (Parent, 1936)

References

1. Becker, T. (1922). "Dipterologischen Studien. Dolichopodidae. B. Nearktische und Neotropische Regions". Abhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien (in German). 13 (1): 207–209.
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. Bickel, Daniel J. (2000). "New World Achradocera in Hawai'i, Tonga, and French Polynesia, with discussion of the genus (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Bishop Museum Occasional Papers. 64: 14–20.
4. Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2018). "An annotated catalogue of afrotropical Dolichopodoidae (Diptera)". Plant Protection News, Supplements. St.Petersburg: All-Union Research Institute of Plant Protection (VISR) (25). doi:10.5281/zenodo.1187006.
5. Parent, O. (1934). "Additions a la faune ethiopienne (Dipteres: Dolichopodides)". Bulletin de la Société entomologique d'Égypte. 18: 112–138.
6. Vanschuytbroeck, P. (1951). "Dolichopodidae. (Diptera Brachycera Orthorrhapha)". Exploration du Parc National Albert. Mission G. F. De Witte (1933-1935). Fasc. 74: 1–153.