LIST OF DOLICHOPODIDAE OF MADAGASCAR
©By I.Ya. Grichanov, 2002


Last updated: 23 August 2003

Geographical relations of Madagascan Dolichopodidae (Diptera)

Grichanov, I.Ya.
All-Russian Institute of Plant Protection, St.Petersburg-Pushkin, 196608, Russia
E-mail: Grichanov@mail.ru

The Afrotropical species of Dolichopodinae are poorly known and have not previously been revised. The last catalogue of Afrotropical Dolichopodinae (Dyte and Smith, 1980) listed 101 species belonging to 9 genera. The authorhas recently revised the subfamily (Grichanov, in press). He has described 86 new species from the Afrotropical Region, placing in synonymy 18 known names. Two generic names have been also synonymized. Holotypes of 38 and paratypes of 6 more old species have been examined. A record of an undescribed species of the genus Hypophyllus from "Southern Arabia" by Dyte and Smith (1980) belongs probably to Hercostomus scotti Grichanov. All catalogued species of the genus Dolichopus are excluded here from the genus or from the fauna of Afrotropics, although several more species of the genus and one species of Ludovicius are recorded for the region. A revised catalogue and keys to all Afrotropical dolichopodine species are also prepared.Now 8 genera and 163 Afrotropical species of Dolichopodinae are known from the Region. Paracleius Bigot (including Pelastoneurus Loew and ParacliusCoquillet) and Tachytrechus are almost cosmopolitan genera. Dolichopus and Hercostomus are mostly Holarctic genera, Polymedon is a Pantropical genus; Lichtwardtia is a Paleotropical genus, Argyrochlamys seems to be the same, associating with crabholes along the seacoasts of Indian Ocean and southern Atlantics. The numbers of Afrotropical species belonging to dolichopodine genera are as follows: Paracleius (73), Hercostomus (47), Tachytrechus (16), Lichtwardtia (16), Dolichopus (4), Argyrochlamys (3), Polymedon (3) and Ludovicius (1).The well-known fauna of Congo (Kinshasa) comprises 68 species; South Africa numbers 30, Tanzania 22, Kenya 18, Ivory Coast 18, Uganda 17, Cameroon 16, Nigeria 13, Malawi 9, Angola 8 and Namibia 7. Only 7 species were recorded from Madagascar, 3 from the Seychelles and 2 from Mauritius. The most interesting distribution patterns of species are as follows: Argyrochlamys impudicus Lamb - Seychelles, Mauritius, Sri Lanka, Chagos Archipelago; Dolichopus festivus Haliday - Europe, Ivory Coast; D. flavocrinitus Becker - Egypt, Turkmenistan, Senegal; D.sabinus Haliday - Europe, Tanzania. Paracleius emasculatus Parent - Congo (Kinshasa), Ivory Coast, St. Helena; Tachytrechus tessellatus Macquart – Senegal, Gambia, Cape Verde Is., Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo (Kinshasa), Burundi, Tanzania, Kenya, Aldabra, Ethiopia, South Africa, Swaziland, Malawi, Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Mozambique, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Socotra; Egypt, Israel; Oriental Region, New Caledonia.
Key words: Dolichopodidae, Madagascar, biogeography.

  1. Amblypsilopus ambila Grichanov, 2003. Madagascar
  2. Amblypsilopus ankaratrensis Grichanov, 1999:129 - Madagascar
  3. Amblypsilopus bruneli Grichanov, 1998:113 - Madagascar
  4. Amblypsilopus cilifrons Parent, 1937:126) - Nigeria, Togo, Congo (Kinshasa), Kenya, Madagascar
  5. Amblypsilopus dallastai Grichanov, 1998:114 - Madagascar
  6. Amblypsilopus flabellifer (Becker, 1923:45) - Madagascar, ?Congo (Kinshasa)
  7. Amblypsilopus flavus (Vanschuytbroeck, 1962:353) - Madagascar
  8. Amblypsilopus grootaerti Grichanov, 1998:116 - Madagascar
  9. Amblypsilopus kaplanae Grichanov, 1999:131 - Madagascar
  10. Amblypsilopus kraussi Grichanov, 1998:116 - Madagascar
  11. Amblypsilopus madagascarensis (Vanschuytbroeck, 1952:89) - Madagascar
  12. Amblypsilopus pallidicornis (Grimshaw, 1901:12) - Madagascar, Seychelles; Hawaiian Islands, Society Islands, Marquesas Islands, Guam, Belau, Taiwan
  13. Amblypsilopus ranomafana Grichanov, 2003. Madagascar
  14. Amblypsilopus stuckenbergi (Vanschuytbroeck, 1957:3) - Madagascar
  15. Asyndetus sp. nov. – Madagascar
  16. Asyndetus decaryi Parent, 1930:100 - Madagascar
  17. Bickeliolus alluaudi (Parent, 1935:80) - Madagascar
  18. Bickeliolus lutescens (Vanschuytbroeck, 1952:139) - Madagascar
  19. Chrysosoma snelli Curran, 1927:5 - Tanzania, Kenya, Madagascar, Seychelles, Reunion, Rodriguez; Maldives, Chagos Archipelago
  20. Condylostylus basovi Grichanov, 1997:90 - Madagascar
  21. Condylostylus pateraeformis Becker, 1923:38 - Cameroons, Nigeria, Congo (Kinshassa),Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, South Africa, (?) Madagascar
  22. Condylostylus chaineyi Grichanov, 1997:91 - Madagascar
  23. Condylostylus skufjini Grichanov, 1997:95 - Madagascar
  24. Craterophorus parenti Grichanov, 1998:209 - Madagascar
  25. Cymatopus sp. - Madagascar
  26. Diaphorus gracilis Parent, 1930:100 - Madagascar, Zaire
  27. Diaphorus seyrigi Parent, 1934:126 - Madagascar
  28. Dytomyia deconinckae Grichanov, 1998:87 - Madagascar
  29. Dytomyia elenae Grichanov, 1998:88 - Madagascar
  30. Dytomyia lutescens (Vanschuytbroeck, 1952:139) -Madagascar, St. Helena
  31. Dytomyia nubilis (Parent, 1935:87) - Madagascar.
  32. Dytomyia paulyi Grichanov, 1998:89 - Madagascar
  33. Ethiosciapus bicalcaratus (Parent, 1933:37) - Congo (Kinshasa), Uganda, Burundi,Kenya, Madagascar, Comores,St. Helena
  34. Ethiosciapus flavirostris (Loew, 1858:371) - South Africa, Mozambique, Madagascar, ?Ethiopia
  35. Ethiosciapus inflexus (Becker, 1923:46) - Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Burundi, Congo (Kinshasa), Madagascar, South Africa, St. Helena
  36. Ethiosciapus latipes (Parent, 1930:94) - Madagascar
  37. Lichtwardtia sukharevae Grichanov, 1998:227 - Madagascar, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Senegal
  38. Medetera grisescens de Meijere, 1916:259 - Tanzania, Madagascar, Seychelles, Mauritius; Burma, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Ceylon, Taiwan, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Samoa, New Caledonia, Hawaii, Australia
  39. Mesorhaga demeyeri Grichanov, 1998:85 - Madagascar, South Africa, Congo (Kinshasa)
  40. Mesorhaga pauliani Vanschuytbroeck, 1952:137 – Madagascar
  41. Orthoceratium  sp. - Madagascar
  42. Paracleius didyensis Grichanov, spec. nov.Madagascar
  43. Paracleius  echinatus (Stackelberg, 1931:776) -Indonesia (Yawa); Congo (Kinshasa), ?Madagascar, ?Malawi
  44. Paracleius micrurus (Parent, 1933b:7) - Congo (Kinshasa), Uganda, Ethiopia, Cameroon,Malawi,Madagascar
  45. Paracleius olejniceki Grichanov, spec. nov. - Madagascar, Congo (Kinshasa). 
  46. Peloropeodes decembris Grichanov, 2000:82 – Madagascar
  47. Sympycnus sp. 1 – Madagascar
  48. Sympycnus sp. 2 – Comores,Madagascar
  49. Sympycnus sp. 3 – Madagascar, Namibia
  50. Sympycnus sp. 4 – Madagascar
  51. Sympycnus discrepans Parent, 1934a:112 - South Africa; Namibia, Malawi, Madagascar, Congo (Kinshasa), Cameroon, Burundi, Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Yemen, Ivory Coast
  52. Syntormon pallipes longistylus Grichanov, 2001 - Madagascar
  53. Syntormon papei madagascarensis Grichanov, 2001.Madagascar
  54. Syntormon tamatave Grichanov, 2001 - Madagascar.
  55. Tachytrechus amnoni Grichanov, spec. nov.Madagascar
  56. Tachytrechus tessellatus [Macquart, 1842:185 (125)] - Senegal; Gambia, Cape Verde Is., Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo (Kinshasa), Burundi, Tanzania, Kenya, Aldabra, Ethiopia, South Africa, Swaziland, Malawi, Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Mozambique, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Socotra; Egypt, Israel; Oriental Region, New Caledonia
  57. Thinophilus aquaticus Becker, 1914:125 - Kenya, Madagascar
  58. Thinophilus indigenus Becker, 1902:481 - Mongolia, Iran, Turkey, Algeria, Egypt, Cape Verde Is., Ethiopia, South Yemen, Nigeria, Benin, Ghana, Zaire, Tanzania, Madagascar, Angola, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland; India, Nepal, Malaya, Borneo, Philippines, Taiwan
  59. Urodolichus lambi Grichanov, 1998:24 - Madagascar
  60. Urodolichus ninae Grichanov, 1998:25 - Madagascar
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