Asyndetus

Asyndetus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.[1] There are more than 100 species described for the genus, distributed worldwide.[3]

Asyndetus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Dolichopodidae
Subfamily:	Diaphorinae
Genus:	Asyndetus Loew, 1869[1]
Type species
Asyndetus ammophilus Loew, 1869[1]
Synonyms
Anchineura Thomson, 1869 (nomen oblitum) Meringopherusa Becker, 1902[2]

Species

• Asyndetus aciliatus Grootaert & Meuffels, 2003[4]
• Asyndetus acuticornis (De Meijere, 1913)
• Asyndetus albifacies Parent, 1929[5]
• Asyndetus albifrons Parent, 1929[5]
• Asyndetus albipalpus Loew, 1871
• Asyndetus amaphinius Séguy, 1950
• Asyndetus ammophilus Loew, 1869
• Asyndetus anticus Negrobov, 1973
• Asyndetus appendiculatus Loew, 1869
• Asyndetus archboldi Robinson & Deyrup, 1997[6]
• Asyndetus aurocupreus Strobl, 1909
• Asyndetus barbiventris Stackelberg, 1952
• Asyndetus beijingensis Zhang & Yang, 2003[7]
• Asyndetus brevimanus Van Duzee, 1923
• Asyndetus brunnicosus Becker, 1922
• Asyndetus bursericola Bickel & Sinclair, 1997[8]
• Asyndetus bykovskyi Negrobov, Maslova & Selivanova, 2019[3]
• Asyndetus calcaratus Becker, 1922
• Asyndetus carcinophilus Parent, 1937
• Asyndetus caudatus Van Duzee, 1916
• Asyndetus cavagnaroi Bickel & Sinclair, 1997[8]
• Asyndetus chaetifemoratus Parent, 1925
• Asyndetus ciliatus Grootaert & Meuffels, 2003[4]
• Asyndetus clavipes Liu, Wang & Yang in Liu, Zhang, Wang & Yang, 2016[9]
• Asyndetus congensis Grichanov, 2013[10]
• Asyndetus connexus (Becker, 1902)[2]
• Asyndetus cornutus Van Duzee, 1916
• Asyndetus crassipodus Harmston, 1968
• Asyndetus crassitarsis Curran, 1926
• Asyndetus currani Van Duzee, 1931
• Asyndetus decaryi Parent, 1929[5]
• Asyndetus deficiens Robinson, 1975[11]
• Asyndetus diaphoriformis Negrobov & Shamshev, 1986
• Asyndetus disjunctus Van Duzee, 1923
• Asyndetus dominicensis Robinson, 1975[11]
• Asyndetus dubius Parent, 1925
• Asyndetus eurytarsus Meuffels & Grootaert, 1993[12]
• Asyndetus exactus (Walker, 1859)
• Asyndetus exiguus Van Duzee, 1927
• Asyndetus exunguis Parent, 1927
• Asyndetus fallahzadehi Grichanov in Grichanov & Rezaei, 2019[13]
• Asyndetus flavipalpus Van Duzee, 1932
• Asyndetus flavitibialis Van Duzee, 1929
• Asyndetus fractus De Meijere, 1913
• Asyndetus fratellus Aldrich, 1896
• Asyndetus geminus Becker, 1922
• Asyndetus guangxiensis Zhang & Yang, 2003[7]
• Asyndetus harbeckii Van Duzee, 1914
• Asyndetus hardyi Robinson, 1964
• Asyndetus indifferens Curran, 1926
• Asyndetus inermis Parent, 1927
• Asyndetus infernus Bickel, 1996[1]
• Asyndetus intermedius Meuffels & Grootaert, 1993[12]
• Asyndetus interruptus (Loew, 1861)
• Asyndetus johnsoni Van Duzee, 1916
• Asyndetus latifrons (Loew, 1857)
• Asyndetus latisurstylus Liu, Wang & Yang in Liu, Zhang, Wang & Yang, 2016[9]
• Asyndetus latitarsatus Becker, 1922
• Asyndetus latus Van Duzee, 1916
• Asyndetus lichtwardti Kertész, 1901
• Asyndetus lii Wang & Yang, 2005[14]
• Asyndetus lineatus De Meijere, 1916
• Asyndetus longicornis Negrobov, 1973
• Asyndetus longipalpis Van Duzee, 1919
• Asyndetus madagascarensis Grichanov, 2013[10]
• Asyndetus maelfaiti Bickel & Sinclair, 1997[8]
• Asyndetus melanopselaphus Stackelberg, 1952
• Asyndetus mixtus Negrobov & Shamshev, 1986
• Asyndetus mutatus Becker, 1922
• Asyndetus mystacinus Bickel & Sinclair, 1997[8]
• Asyndetus namibiensis Grichanov, 2013[10]
• Asyndetus negrobovi Parvu, 1989
• Asyndetus nevadensis Harmston, 1968
• Asyndetus nigripes Van Duzee, 1916
• Asyndetus obscurus Meuffels & Grootaert, 1993[12]
• Asyndetus occidentalis Van Duzee, 1919
• Asyndetus oregonensis Harmston, 1966
• Asyndetus parvicornis Van Duzee, 1932
• Asyndetus perpulvillatus Parent, 1926
• Asyndetus pogonops Robinson, 1975[11]
• Asyndetus porrectus Parent, 1939
• Asyndetus pseudoseparatus Grichanov, 2013[10]
• Asyndetus savannensis Grichanov, 2013[10]
• Asyndetus scopifer Harmston, 1952
• Asyndetus secundus Bickel, 1996[1]
• Asyndetus semarangensis Dyte, 1975[11]
• Asyndetus separatus (Becker, 1902)[2]
• Asyndetus severini Harmston & Knowlton, 1939
• Asyndetus singularis Van Duzee, 1923
• Asyndetus spinitarsis Harmston, 1951
• Asyndetus spinosus Van Duzee, 1925
• Asyndetus syntormoides Wheeler, 1899
• Asyndetus terminalis Van Duzee, 1923
• Asyndetus texanus Van Duzee, 1916
• Asyndetus thaicus Grootaert & Meuffels, 2003[4]
• Asyndetus tibialis (Thomson, 1869)
• Asyndetus transversalis Becker, 1907
• Asyndetus tristis Parent, 1935
• Asyndetus utahensis Harmston & Knowlton, 1942
• Asyndetus varicolor Johnson, 1924
• Asyndetus varus Loew, 1869
• Asyndetus ventralis Wang, Yang & Masunaga, 2007
• Asyndetus versicolor Johnson, 1924
• Asyndetus vicinus Meuffels & Grootaert, 1993[12]
• Asyndetus virgatus Curran, 1926
• Asyndetus wigginsi Bickel & Sinclair, 1997[8]
• Asyndetus wusuensis Wang & Yang, 2005[14]
• Asyndetus xinjiangensis Wang & Yang, 2005[14]

The following species are considered synonyms of other species:

• Asyndetus bredini Robinson, 1975:[11] synonym of Asyndetus interruptus (Loew, 1861)[6]
• Asyndetus lateinterruptus Strobl, 1909: synonym of Asyndetus separatus (Becker, 1902)
• Asyndetus nigripalpis (De Meijere, 1913): synonym of Asyndetus exactus (Walker, 1859)
• Asyndetus ridiculus Parent, 1931: synonym of Asyndetus tibialis (Thomson, 1869)[8]
• Asyndetus wirthi Robinson, 1997:[6] synonym of Asyndetus interruptus (Loew, 1861)[15]

The following species were renamed:

• Asyndetus tibialis De Meijere, 1916 (preoccupied by Asyndetus tibialis (Thomson, 1869)): renamed to Asyndetus semarangensis Dyte, 1975

The following species were moved to another genus:

• Asyndetus izius Negrobov, 1973: moved to Cryptophleps[16]
• Asyndetus minutus Negrobov & Shamshev, 1986: moved to Cryptophleps[16]
• Asyndetus vividus Negrobov & Shamshev, 1986: moved to Cryptophleps[16]

References

1. Bickel, D. J. (1996). "Australian Asyndetus Loew and Cryptophleps Lichtwardt (Diptera : Dolichopodidae), with notes on the Oriental and western Pacific faunas". Invertebrate Taxonomy. 10 (6): 1151–1170. doi:10.1071/IT9961151.
2. Becker, T. (1902). "Ägyptische dipteren". Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin. 2: 1–66. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
3. Negrobov, О.P.; Maslova, O.O.; Selivanova, O.V. (2019). "A new species of Asyndetus (Dolichopodidae, Diptera) from the Astrakhan State Nature Biosphere Reserve (Russia)" (PDF). Nature Conservation Research. 4 (3): 107–111. doi:10.24189/ncr.2019.042.
4. Grootaert, P.; Meuffels, H. (2003). "New species of Asyndetus, presumed commensal flies of crabs, in Thailand (Diptera, Dolichopodidae, Diaphorinae" (PDF). The Natural History Journal of Chulalongkorn University. 2 (2): 37–45. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
5. Parent, O. (1929). "Etudes sur les Dolichopodides". Encyclopèdie Entomologique (B II) Diptera. 5: 1–18.
6. Robinson, H.; Deyrup, M. A. (1997). "Two new species of Asyndetus Loew, and notes on the identity of A. interruptus Loew (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 99: 477–482.
7. Zhang, L.; Yang, D. (2003). "A review of the species of Asyndetus from China (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 39 (4): 355–359. doi:10.1080/00379271.2003.10697393.
8. Bickel, Daniel J.; Sinclair, Bradley J. (1997). "The Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of the Galapagos Islands, with notes on the New World fauna". Insect Systematics & Evolution. 28 (3): 241–270. doi:10.1163/187631297X00079.
9. Liu, R.; Zhang, R.; Wang, M.; Yang, D. (2016). "Two new species of the genus Asyndetus (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from China with a key to Chinese species". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 142 (1): 73–85. doi:10.3157/061.142.0104. JSTOR 43893416.
10. Grichanov, I. Ya (2013). Grichanov, I.Ya.; Negrobov, O.P. (eds.). "Afrotropical species of the genus Asyndetus Loew (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) with notes on some Palaearctic and Oriental species". Plant Protection News Supplements. Fauna and taxonomy of Dolichopodidae (Diptera). Collection of papers. St.Petersburg: All-Russian Institute of Plant Protection RAAS: 27–46.
11. Robinson, Harold (1975). "Bredin-Archbold-Smithsonian Biological Survey of Dominica. The Family Dolichopodidae with Some Related Antillean and Panamanian Species (Diptera)". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 185: 1–141. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.185. hdl:10088/5375.
12. Meufels, H.J.G.; Grootaert, P. (1993). "Dilochopodidae (Diptera) from Papua New Guinea. XI: the genus Asyndetus Loew, 1869 on the northern coast". Bull. Ann. Soc. R. Ent. Belg. 129 (7–9): 245–273.
13. Grichanov, I.Ya.; Rezaei, S. (2019). "A new species of Asyndetus Loew, 1869 from Iran (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". Halteres. 10: 35–39. doi:10.5281/zenodo.3553175.
14. Wang, M.; Yang, D. (2005). "New species of Asyndetus Loew (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Xinjiang, with a key to Central Asian species". Zootaxa. 892 (1): 1–8. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.892.1.1.
15. Runyon, Justin B. (2020). "The Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of Montserrat, West Indies". ZooKeys. 966: 57–151. doi:10.3897/zookeys.966.55192.
16. Grichanov, I. Ya (2015). "New species of Cryptophleps Lichtwardt (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) with a key to the Afrotropical and Palaearctic species of the genus". Zootaxa. 4000 (2): 259–266. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4007.2.8. PMID 26623806.