Phacaspis
Phacaspis is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.[2] It is known from Southeast Asia and Papua New Guinea. Flies in the genus are small (less than 2 mm long), with metallic green coloring. They are marine, and are commonly found on mudflats in front of mangroves.
| Phacaspis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Dolichopodidae |
| Subfamily: | Kowmunginae |
| Genus: | Phacaspis Meuffels & Grootaert, 1988[1] |
| Type species | |
| Phacaspis petiolata Meuffels & Grootaert, 1988[1] | |
The generic name is derived from the Ancient Greek phaktós ("lens") and aspís ("round shield" or clypeus), referring to the swollen lens-shaped clypeus.[1]
The genus was originally regarded as incertae sedis within the family Dolichopodidae. In the World Catalog of Dolichopodidae (Insecta: Diptera) by Yang et al. (2006), the new subfamily Kowmunginae was proposed to include both Kowmungia and Phacaspis. This placement was later criticized by Sinclair et al. (2008), who suggested that the genus would have been better placed as incertae sedis until a later phylogenetic study determines its placement.[3]
Species
The genus contains three species:[1][4]
- Phacaspis mitis Grootaert & Meuffels, 2001
- Phacaspis ornata Meuffels & Grootaert, 1988
- Phacaspis petiolata Meuffels & Grootaert, 1988
References
- Meuffels, H. J. G.; Grootaert, P. (1988). "Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from Papua New Guinea. 8. Phacaspis, a new genus incertae sedis from the mangrove" (PDF). Indo-Malaysia Zoology. 5: 311–319. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 September 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
- Yang, D.; Zhu, Y.; Wang, M.; Zhang, L. (2006). World Catalog of Dolichopodidae (Insecta: Diptera). Beijing: China Agricultural University Press. pp. 1–704. ISBN 9787811171020.
- Sinclair, Bradley J.; Brooks, Scott E.; Cumming, Jeffrey M. (2008). "A critical review of the world catalogs of Empidoidea (Insecta: Diptera) by Yang et al. (2006, 2007)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1846: 61–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1846.1.7.
- Grootaert, P.; Meuffels, H. J. G. (2001). "Notes on marine dolichopodid flies from Thailand (Insecta: Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 49 (2): 339–353. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
Further reading
- Kaewkrajang, Natcha; Grootaert, Patrick; Boonrotpong, Singtoe (2018). "Genetic Variation of the Long-Legged Flies Phacaspis mitis Complex (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) in Peninsular Thailand Inferred From Three Mitochondrial Genes" (PDF). Journal of Insect Science. 8 (6): 1–8. doi:10.1093/jisesa/iey024. PMC 6232956. PMID 30423176.