Oncopygius

Oncopygius
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Neurigoninae
Tribe: Neurigonini
Genus:
Mik, 1866[1]
Type species
Systenus ornatus
Mik, 1866[1]

Oncopygius is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.[2] It includes three living species in Europe, mainly recorded from montane habitats in Central and Southeastern Europe.[3] Also associated with the genus are three extinct species known from fossils found in the Rott Formation of Germany, dated to the Oligocene.[4]

Species

  • Oncopygius distans (Loew, 1857)
  • Oncopygius formosus Parent, 1927
  • Oncopygius magnificus Loew, 1873
  • "Oncopygius" gracilior Statz, 1940
  • "Oncopygius" oligocaenicus Statz, 1940
  • "Oncopygius" venustus Statz, 1940

References

  1. ^ a b Mik, Josef (1866). "Beitrag zur Dipterenfauna des österreichischen Küstenlandes". Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien (in German). 16: 301–310.
  2. ^ Negrobov, O.P. (1991). "Family Dolichopodidae". In Soós, A.; Papp, L. (eds.). Dolichopodidae–Platypezidae. Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera. Vol. 7. Elsevier. pp. 11–136. ISBN 9780444599940.
  3. ^ Tkoč, Michel; Pollet, Marc (2012). "Oncopygius distans (Diptera: Dolichopodidae): first record from the Czech Republic, and first detailed records from Baden-Württemberg (Germany)" (PDF). Klapalekiana. 48: 275–278. ISSN 1210-6100.
  4. ^ Sphon, Gale G. (1973). "Additional type specimens of fossil invertebrate in the collections of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County". Contributions in Science (250): 1–75.