Achalcus
Encyclopedia
Achalcus is a genus of fly
in the family Dolichopodidae
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Fly
True flies are insects of the order Diptera . They possess a pair of wings on the mesothorax and a pair of halteres, derived from the hind wings, on the metathorax...
in the family Dolichopodidae
Dolichopodidae
Dolichopodidae, the long-legged flies, make up a large family of true flies with more than 7,000 described species in about 230 genera distributed worldwide. The genus Dolichopus is the most speciose, with some 600 species. They are generally small flies with large, prominent eyes and a metallic...
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Species
- A. albipalpus Parent, 1931
- A. atratus Van Duzee, 1930
- A. bicolor Pollet, 2005
- A. bilineatus Pollet, 2005
- A. bimaculatus Pollet, 1996
- A. brevicornis Pollet, 2005
- A. brevinervis Van Duzee, 1930
- A. britannicus Pollet, 1996
- A. calcaratus BeckerTheodor BeckerTheodor Becker was a German civil engineer and entomologist primarily known for his work with flies....
, 1918 - A. californicus Pollet & Cumming, 1998
- A. caudatus Aldrich, 1902
- A. chaetifemoratus Parent, 1933
- A. cinereus (HalidayAlexander Henry HalidayAlexander Henry Haliday, also known as Enrico Alessandro Haliday and Alexis Heinrich Haliday sometimes Halliday , was an Irish entomologist. He is primarily known for his work on Hymenoptera, Diptera and Thysanoptera, but Haliday worked on all insect orders and on many aspects of entomology.Haliday...
, 1851) - A. costaricensis Pollet, 2005
- A. cyanocephalus Pollet, 2005
- A. depuytoraci (Vaillant & Brunhes, 1980)
- A. dytei Pollet & Cumming, 1998
- A. edwardsae Van Duzee, 1930
- A. flavicollis (MeigenJohann Wilhelm MeigenJohann Wilhelm Meigen was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.-Early years:Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha Bick. His parents, though not poor, were not wealthy either. The ran a small shop in...
, 1824) - A. longicercus Pollet, 2005
- A. longicornis Van Duzee, 1930
- A. luteipes Parent, 1933
- A. maculipennis Pollet, 2005
- A. medius Parent, 1933
- A. melanotrichus MikJosef MikJosef Mik, also Joseph Mik was a Czech entomologist mainly interested in Diptera. He described many new species and made contributions to knowledge of the Diptera of Central Europe.Mik was the first dipterist to clarify the chaetotaxy of the legs." On the legs I distinguish a front [chaeta]- and a...
, 1878 - A. micromorphoides Pollet, 2005
- A. minor Parent, 1933
- A. minusculus Parent, 1933
- A. minutus Parent, 1933
- A. niger Pollet, 2005
- A. nigropunctatus Pollet & Brunhes, 1996
- A. nigroscutatus Parent, 1933
- A. oregonensis (Harmston & Miller, 1966)
- A. pallidus (ZetterstedtJohan Wilhelm ZetterstedtJohan Wilhelm Zetterstedt was a Swedish naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera and Hymenoptera.-Biography:Zetterstedt studied at the University of Lund, where he was a pupil of Anders Jahan Retzius. He received the title of professor in 1822 and succeeded Carl Adolph Agardh as professor of botany...
, 1843) - A. pallipes Olejnichek & Bartak, 1997
- A. phragmitidis Pollet, 1996
- A. pygmaeus (ZetterstedtJohan Wilhelm ZetterstedtJohan Wilhelm Zetterstedt was a Swedish naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera and Hymenoptera.-Biography:Zetterstedt studied at the University of Lund, where he was a pupil of Anders Jahan Retzius. He received the title of professor in 1822 and succeeded Carl Adolph Agardh as professor of botany...
, 1855) - A. relictus Parent, 1933
- A. scutellaris Van der Wulp, 1891
- A. separatus Parent, 1933
- A. similis Pollet & Cumming, 1998
- A. sordidus Aldrich, 1896
- A. thalhammeri Lichtwardt, 1913
- A. thoracicus (Philippi, 1865)
- A. tibialis Pollet, 2005
- A. utahensis (Harmston & Miller, 1966)
- A. vaillanti Brunhes, 1987