Ortochile

Ortochile is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.[3] It is distributed in the Western Palaearctic realm, including Europe, Turkey, Israel and North Africa. Adults of Ortochile are associated with flowers, and have been reported to feed on nectar and pollen. Flower-feeding is also known in some species of Hercostomus.[4]

Ortochile
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Dolichopodinae
Genus: Ortochile
Latreille, 1809
Type species
O. nigrocoerulea
Latreille, 1809
Synonyms
  • Orthochile Berthold, 1827[1]
  • Orthochile Westwood, 1840[2]

Species
  • Ortochile barbicoxa Strobl, 1909
  • Ortochile nigrocoerulea Latreille, 1809
  • Ortochile soccata Loew, 1850

References
  1. O'Hara, James E.; Cerretti, Pierfilippo; Pape, Thomas; Evenhuis, Neal L. (2011). "Nomenclatural Studies Toward a World List of Diptera Genus-Group Names. Part II: Camillo Rondani" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3141: 1–268.
  2. Evenhuis, Neal L.; Pape, Thomas; Pont, Adrian C. (2016). "Nomenclatural Studies Toward a World List of Diptera Genus-Group Names. Part V: Pierre-Justin-Marie Macquart" (PDF). Zootaxa. 4172 (1): 1–211. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4172.1.1. PMID 27701208.
  3. Grichanov, I. Ya (1999). A check list of Genera of the family Dolichopodidae (Diptera). Studia Dipterologica. pp. 327–332pp.
  4. Brooks, Scott E. (2005). "Systematics and phylogeny of Dolichopodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 857: 1–158. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.857.1.1.


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