Hercostomus

Hercostomus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Suborder:	Brachycera
Infraorder:	Asilomorpha
Superfamily:	Empidoidea
Family:	Dolichopodidae
Subfamily:	Dolichopodinae
Genus:	Hercostomus Loew, 1857

Hercostomus is a genus of fly in the family Dolichopodidae.^[1]

Species

European Species

• Sub Genus Gymnopternus Loew, 1857

• H. aerosus (Fallén, 1823)
• H. angustifrons (Staeger, 1842)
• H. assimilis (Staeger, 1842)
• H. blankaartensis Pollet, 1990
• H. brevicornis (Staeger, 1842)
• H. celer (Meigen, 1824)
• H. chalybeus (Wiedemann, 1817)
• H. cupreus (Fallén, 1823)
• H. metallicus (Stannius, 1831)
• H. silvestris Pollet, 1990

• Sub Genus Hercostomus Loew, 1857

• H. chetifer (Walker, 1849)
• H. chrysozygos (Wiedemann, 1817)
• H. fulvicaudis (Haliday in Walker, 1851)
• H. germanus (Wiedemann, 1817)
• H. gracilis (Stannius, 1831)
• H. nanus (Macquart, 1827)
• H. nigrilamellatus (Macquart, 1827)
• H. nigripennis (Fallén, 1823)
• H. nigriplantis (Stannius, 1831)
• H. parvilamellatus (Macquart, 1827)
• H. plagiatus (Loew, 1857)
• H. rothi (Zetterstedt, 1859)^[2]
• H. sahlbergi (Zetterstedt, 1838)
• H. verbekei Pollet, 1993

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References

1. Grichanov, I. Ya (1999). A check list of Genera of the family Dolichopodidae (Diptera). Studia Dipterologica. pp. 327–332pp.
2. Drake, Martin C.; Crossley, Roy; Smith, Michael H.; Pollet, Marc (2013). "Hercostomus rothi (Zetterstedt) (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) stat. nov., new to Bitain". Dipterists Digest. Second series (Dipterists Forum) 20 (2): 121–130.