Conchopus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Dolichopodidae |
Subfamily: | Hydrophorinae |
Tribe: | Aphrosylini |
Genus: |
Conchopus Takagi, 1965 [1] |
Type species | |
Conchopus rectus |
Conchopus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. [2] [1] It is distributed in Japan, China, Taiwan, the Hawaiian Islands, and Wake Island. The species Conchopus borealis is also an introduced species in North America and South America. [3] Members of the genus live exclusively in the intertidal zone of rocky shores. [1] The genus is sometimes considered a synonym of Thambemyia, but is considered a valid genus by some authors. [4]
Takagi (1965) originally divided the genus into seven species groups. According to Masunaga et al. (2005) and Masunaga & Saigusa (2010), the genus can be divided into two clades: one containing the rectus species group (including the type species), and the other containing all other species groups, for which the authors intended to propose a new genus. The latter clade they also consider to be the sister group of Thambemyia. [5] [3]
rectus species group (= Conchopus sensu stricto):
sinuatus species group:
sigmiger species group:
convergens species group:
nodulatus species group:
anomalopus species group:
abdominalis species group:
Other species:
Conchopus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Dolichopodidae |
Subfamily: | Hydrophorinae |
Tribe: | Aphrosylini |
Genus: |
Conchopus Takagi, 1965 [1] |
Type species | |
Conchopus rectus |
Conchopus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. [2] [1] It is distributed in Japan, China, Taiwan, the Hawaiian Islands, and Wake Island. The species Conchopus borealis is also an introduced species in North America and South America. [3] Members of the genus live exclusively in the intertidal zone of rocky shores. [1] The genus is sometimes considered a synonym of Thambemyia, but is considered a valid genus by some authors. [4]
Takagi (1965) originally divided the genus into seven species groups. According to Masunaga et al. (2005) and Masunaga & Saigusa (2010), the genus can be divided into two clades: one containing the rectus species group (including the type species), and the other containing all other species groups, for which the authors intended to propose a new genus. The latter clade they also consider to be the sister group of Thambemyia. [5] [3]
rectus species group (= Conchopus sensu stricto):
sinuatus species group:
sigmiger species group:
convergens species group:
nodulatus species group:
anomalopus species group:
abdominalis species group:
Other species: