Alphabetic list of scientific names of the family Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of the World
by Henk Meuffels*
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vaalensis, -e  [from the Vaal river, S.Africa]
 - Hydrophorus Parent, 1954E: Beitr.Ent. (Berlin) 4(2): 226 (-is)  *
Vaalimyia  (f.)  [(Gr. myîa) 'fly from the Vaal river, S.Africa']
 - genus Curran, 1926: Ann.s.afr.Mus. 23: 398  *  Lichtwardtia En- derlein, 1912 (6 Dyte, 1975E: Catal.Dipt.orient.Reg. 2: 235)
  Type species: Vaalimyia violacea Curran, 1926 (orig.designation)
vadimi
 - Sympycnus Negrobov, 1973E: Acta zool.Acad.Sci.hung. 19(1-2): 151  *
vadimiani
 - Dolichopus Negrobov & Barkalov, 1978: Taks.i Ekol.„leniston.Sibiri   (Novosibirsk): 158  *
vadoni
 - Paraclius Vanschuytbroeck, 1964: Rev.Zool.Bot.afr. 69: 132  *
vafellus, -a, -um  [Lat.: 'cunning', 'sly']
 - Campsicnemus Parent. 1939: Proc.hawaii.ent.Soc. 10(2): 233 (-us)  *
vagabundus, -a, -um  [Lat.: 'wandering']
 - Mascaromyia (Lamb, 1926) (-a) [Sciopus] (6 Bickel, 1994E: Rec.au-stral.Mus., Suppl.21: 101)  *
 - Sciapus Lamb [F Bezzi], 1926E: in Bezzi & Lamb, Trans.ent.Soc. Lond. 1925(3-4): 546 (-us) [Sciopus]  *  Mascaromyia
vagans  [Lat.: 'wandering']
 - Condylostylus Becker, 1922E: Abh.zool.-bot.Ges.Wien 13(1): 351  *
 - Diaphorus Becker, 1922E: Capita zool. (Den Haag) 1(4): 71  *
 - Medetera Becker, 1917E: N.Acta Acad.leop., Halle, 102: 347  *
 - Micropygus Parent, 1933E: Ann.Soc.sci.Bruxelles, Sér.B, 53: 428 [1932E: Stettin.ent.Ztg. 93: 230 as nom.nud.]  *
 - Pelastoneurus Loew, 1861: Progr.Realsch.Meseritz 1861: 39  *
vagator  [(Lat. vagari) 'wanderer']
 - Chrysosoma Becker, 1923E: Ent.Mitt. (Berlin-Dahlem) 12(1): 36  *  Plagiozopelma
 - Plagiozopelma (Becker, 1923) [Chrysosoma] (6 Negrobov & Grichanov,   1998E: Bull.Inst.r.Sci.nat.Belg., Entomologie, 68: 148)  *
vagrans  [F, v. vagans]
 - Pelastoneurus [Snodgrass, 1904: Proc.calif.Acad.Sci. (3)3: plate XXXI, figs. 2,4,6]
vagus, -a, um  [Lat.: 'wandering']
 - Chaetogonopteron (Becker, 1922) (-um) [Sympycnus] (6 Meuffels &   Grootaert, 1997E: Studia dipterolog. 4(1): 254)  *
 - Hydrophorus (Hutton, 1901) (-us) [Liancalus]  *  Hydrophorus praecox (Lehmann, 1822)
 - Liancalus Hutton, 1901: Trans.N.Z.Inst. 33 [1900]: 34 (-us)  *  Hydrophorus praecox (Lehmann, 1822)
 - Sympycnus Becker, 1922E: Capita zool. (Den Haag) 1(4): 98 (-us)  *    Chaetogonopteron
vaillanti  [after François Vaillant]
 - Achalcus Brunhes, 1987E: Bull.Soc.ent.France 91(9-10) [1986]: 307    *
 - Dolichopus Parent, 1927: C.r.Congr.Soc.Sav.Paris 1926: 458  *
 - Liancalus Dyte, 1967E: Proc.ent.Soc.Lond. (B)36(7-8): 124  *
valae
 - Syntormon Negrobov & Zhilina, 1986E: Vestnik Zool. 1986(1): 80  *
valentulus, -a, -um  [Lat.: 'rather stout']
 - Thinophilus Parent, 1935E: Ann.Mag.nat.Hist. (10)15: 530 (-us)  *
valgusus, -a, -um
 - Neurigona Harmston & Rapp, 1968: J.Kansas ent.Soc. 41: 248 (-a)  *
validus, -a, -um  [Lat.: 'valid']
 - Achradocera (Loew, 1861) (-a) [Chrysotus]  *  Achradocera barbata (Loew, 1861)
 - Chrysotus Loew, 1861: Progr.Realsch.Meseritz 1861: 63 (-us)  *  Achradocera barbata (Loew, 1861) (6 Aldrich, 1902E: Kansas Univ.Sci.Bull. 1(3) [= whole Ser. 11, 3])
 - Psilopus Loew, 1858: Berlin.ent.Z. 2: 337 (-us) (nom.nov. for Psilopus robustus Loew, 1857, nec Walker, 1851)  *  Sciapus glaucescens (Loew, 1856)
 - Sciapus (Loew, 1858) (-us) [Psilopus] (6 Bezzi, 1903E: Katal.palä-arkt.Dipt. 2: 292)  *   Sciapus glaucescens (Loew, 1856)
vanaartseni  [after Bob van Aartsen]
 - Teuchophorus Meuffels & Grootaert, 1986E: Indo-mal.Zool. 3: 245  *
vanaartsini  [F, v. vanaartseni]
 - Teuchophorus [Bickel & Dyte, 1989E: Catal.Dipt.austral.ocean.Reg.:   418]
vandeli  [after A.Vandel]
 - Porphyrops Thomas, 1971E: Ann.Limnologie 7(3): 415  *  Rhaphium riparium (Meigen, 1824) (6 Negrobov, 1979E: in Lindner, Flieg.pa- laearkt.Reg. 4(5): 520 [as syn. of Rhaphium praerosum Loew, 1850])
 - Rhaphium (Thomas, 1971) [Porphyrops] (6 Negrobov, 1979E: in Lind- ner, Flieg.palaearkt.Reg. 4(5): 520)  *  Rhaphium riparium (Mei-gen, 1824)
vanduzeei  [after Millard Carr Van Duzee (1860-1934)]
 - Campsicnemus Curran, 1933: Amer.Mus.Nov. 682: 6  *
 - Diaphorus Robinson, 1964: Misc.Publ.ent.Soc.Amer. 4: 138 (nom.nov.   for Diaphorus communis Van Duzee, 1932, nec White, 1917)  *
 - Dolichopus Curran, 1922: Canad.Ent. 54: 285  *
 - Gymnopternus Curran, 1930: Canad.Ent. 62: 287 // syn. of Gymno-pternus californicus Van Duzee, 1920 (6 Curran, 1933: Amer.Mus. Nov. 682: 2)  *  Hercostomus
 - Hercostomus (Curran, 1930) [Gymnopternus]  *
 - Medetera Curran, 1928: Bull.N.Y.State Mus. 274: 203 [Medeterus]  *    Medetera signaticornis Loew, 1857 (6 Bickel, 1985E: U.S.Dept.A-gricult., Techn.Bull. 1692: 34)
 - Pelastoneurus Parent, 1931E: Abh.Ber.Mus.Tierk.Völkerk.Dresden 18 (1): 14 [van Duzeei]  *
 - Rhaphium Curran, 1926: Trans.r.canad.Inst.15: 253 (in key) (descr.   ibid. 1927, 16: 104)  *
 - Syntormon Curran, 1931: Amer.Mus.Nov. 492: 1  *
 - Tachytrechus Robinson, 1975E: Smithson.Contr.Zool. 185: 124 [nom. nov. for Polymedon notatus Van Duzee, 1929, nec Tachytrechus notatus (Stannius, 1831)]  *
Vanduzeeia  (f.)  [after Millard Carr Van Duzee (1860-1934)]
 - genus Parent, 1934E: Mém.Soc.Sci.nat.Cherbourg [1929-1933] 41: 257   [as Van Duzeeia]  *  Cymatopus Kertész, 1901.
  Type species: Van Duzeeia Cheesmani Parent, 1934 (orig.designati-on)
Vanduzeia  [F, v. Vanduzeeia]
 - genus [Parent, 1937E: Konowia 16: 69]
vandykei  [after Dr. Edwin C. Van Dyke]
 - Hydrophorus Van Duzee, 1926E: Pan-Pacific Ent. 3: 4  *  Hydropho--rus innotatus Loew, 1864 (6 Hurley, 1965: Diss.Univ.Illinois, Ann Arbor: Univ.Microfilms no. 65-7114: 131-134)
vangoethemi  [after Dr. J. Van Goethem]
 - Thinophilus Grootaert & Meuffels, 1984E: Indo-Mal.Zool. 2: 215  *
vanoyei  [after Dr. Van Oye]
 - Argyra (Parent, 1926) [Leucostola]  *
 - Leucostola Parent, 1926E: Enc.ent., Sér.B, II, Dipt. 3: 131 [as Van Oyei]  *  Argyra
vanschuytbroecki  [after Paul Vanschuytbroeck]
 - Hercostomus Dyte & Smith, 1980E: Catal.Dipt.afrotrop.Reg.: 451 (nom.nov. for Hercostomus fuscipennis Vanschuytbroeck, 1964, nec Meigen, 1824)  *
 - Medetera Gosseries, 1989E: Bull.Ann.Soc.belg.Ent.124(10-12)[1988]:   306 (nom.nov. for Saccopheronta arnaudi Vanschuytbroeck & Grit-chanov, 1981, nec Medetera arnaudi Harmston, 1951)  *  Saccophe-ronta arnaudi Vanschuytbroeck & Gritchanov, 1981
 - Rhaphium Negrobov, Gritchanov & Bakary, 1982: Ent.Obozr. 61(1): 190  *
 - Saccopheronta (Gosseries, 1989) [Medetera] (6 Grichanov, 1997E: Int.J.dipterol.Res. 8(3): 124)  *  Saccophe-ronta arnaudi Van-schuyt-broeck & Gritchanov, 1981
 - Thinophilus Negrobov, 1971E: Ent.Obozr. 50(4): 902  *
vanus, -a, -um  [Lat.: 'idle', 'deceptive']
 - Chrysosoma Parent, 1941E: Ann.Mag.nat.Hist. (11)7: 209 (-um)  *  Heteropsilopus
 - Heteropsilopus (Parent, 1941) (-us) [Chrysosoma] (6 Bickel, 1994E:   Rec.austral.Mus., Suppl.21: 158)  *
 - Medetera (+) Meunier, 1907: Naturaliste (2)29: 209 [Medeterus] (-  a)  *
variabilis, -e  [Lat.: 'variable']
 - Amblypsilopus (De Meijere, 1913) (-is) [Psilopus] (6 Bickel & Dy- te, 1989E: Catal.Dipt.austral.ocean.Reg.: 395)  *
 - Campsicnemus (Van Duzee. 1932) (-is) [Thinophilus]  *  Campsicne-mus wheeleri Van Duzee, 1923.
 - Diaphorus Van Duzee, 1915E: Bull.Buffalo Soc.nat.Sci. 11(2): 191 (-is)  *
 - Dolichopus Loew, 1861: Progr.Realsch.Meseritz 1861: 17 (-is)  *
 - Eurynogaster Hardy & Kohn, 1964E: in Zimmerman, Ins.Hawaii 11: 223   (-is)  *
 - Psilopus De Meijere, 1913E: Nova Guinea 9: 346 (-is)  *  Amblypsi--lopus
 - Sciapus (De Meijere, 1913) (-is) [Psilopus] (6 Becker, 1922E: Ca-pita zool. (Den Haag) 1(4): 122)  *  Amblypsilopus
 - Thinophilus Van Duzee, 1932: Amer.Mus.Nov. 521: 9 (-is)  *  Camp- sicnemus wheeleri Van Duzee, 1923 (6 Robinson, 1964: Misc.Publ. ent.Soc.Amer. 4: 126)
varians  [Lat.: 'variable']
 - Chrysotus Kowarz, 1874E: Verh.zool.-bot.Ges.Wien 24 (Abh.): 471 //   syn. of Chrysotus gramineus (Fallén, 1823) (6 Negrobov, 1991E: Catal.palaearct.Dipt. 7: 73)  *
 - Dolichopus Smirnov, 1948: Nauch.metod.zap.upravl.zapov. 11(2): 239    *
varicolor  [(Lat. varius, color) 'variegated']
 - Argyra [F, v. versicolor] [Parent, 1938E: Faune de France 35: 581]
 - Asyndetus Johnson, 1924E: Zoologica (New York) 5: 88  *
 - Sympycnus Parent, 1932E: Enc.ent., Sér.B, II, Dipt. 6: 54 <colour of antennae and of femur I varying>  *
varicoloris  [(Lat. varius, color) 'variegated']
 - Chrysotimus Becker, 1908E: Mitt.zool.Mus.Berlin 4(1): 47  *
 - Hercostomus Becker, 1917E: N.Acta Acad.leop., Halle, 102: 238  *
varicornis, -e  [(Lat. varius, cornu) 'with variegated antennae']
 - Campsicnemus Loew, 1864 [F 1871]: Z.Naturw. 24: 391 (-is)  *  Campsicnemus picticornis (Zetterstedt, 1843)
 - Mesorhaga Bickel, 1994E: Rec.austral.Mus., Suppl.21: 68 (-is) <'scape and pedicel yellow; first flagellomere brown'>  *
varicoxa  [(Lat. varius, coxa) 'with variegated coxae']
 - Nematoproctus Van Duzee, 1930E: Psyche 37: 170  *
 - Thinophilus Parent, 1935E: Ann.Mag.nat.Hist. (10)15: 530  *
variegatus, -a, -um  [Lat.: 'variegated']
 - Agonosoma (Loew, 1861) (-um) [Psilopus] (6 Aldrich, 1905E: Smith-son.misc.Coll. 46(2) (Publ.1444): 287)  *  Amblypsilopus
 - Amblypsilopus (Loew, 1861) (-us) [Psilopus] (6 Bickel, 1994E: Rec.   austral.Mus., Suppl.21: 372)  *
 - Pelastoneurus Aldrich, 1901: in Godman & Salvin, Biol.centr.-amer.   1: pl.6, fig.14 (-us)  *  Pelastoneurus punctipennis (Say, 1829)
 - Psilopus Loew, 1861: Progr.Realsch.Meseritz 1861: 95 (-us)  *  Am-blypsilopus
 - Sciapus (Loew, 1861) (-us) [Psilopus] (6 Van Duzee, 1915E: Wash. Univ. (St.Louis) Studies 2(1): 87)  *  Amblypsilopus
 - Syntormon Harmston, 1952: Proc.ent.Soc.Wash. 54: 291 (-us; F -um)    *
varifemoratus, -a, -um  [(Lat. varius, femur) 'with variegated femo-ra']
 - Parentia Bickel, 1991E: Fauna Nw.Zeal. 23: 35 (-a)  *
varifrons  [(Lat. varius, frons) 'with variegated frons']
 - Diaphorus Becker, 1918E: N.Acta Acad.leop., Halle, 104: 46  *
variinasutus, -a, -um  [(Lat. varius, nasus) 'with variegated nose']
 - Hydrophorus Vanschuytbroeck, 1951E: Explor.Parc nat.Albert 74: 76 (-us)  *
variipennis, -e  [(Lat. varius, penna) 'with variegated wings']
 - Chrysosoma (Walker, 1861) (-e; F -is) [Psilopus] (6 Enderlein, 1912E: Zool.Jahrb.Jena, Suppl. 15(1): 393)  *  Chrysosoma aeneum (Fabricius, 1805) (deserves a new name)
 - Psilopus Walker, 1861: J.linn.Soc. (London) (Zool.) 5: 238 (-is)  *  Chrysosoma aeneum (Fabricius, 1805) (deserves a new name) (6 Parent, 1934E: Ann.Mag.nat.Hist. (10)13: 36)
variipes  [(Lat. varius, pes) 'with variegated legs']
 - Amblypsilopus (Frey, 1925) [Condylostylus] (6 Bickel, 1994E: Rec. austral.Mus., Suppl.21: 353)  *
 - Condylostylus Frey, 1925E: Notulent. 5: 19  *  Amblypsilopus
variitibia  [F, v. varitibia]
 - Medetera [Vanschuytbroeck, 1951E: Explor.Parc nat.Albert 74: 91]
variivitatum  [F, v. varivittatus]
 - Chrysosoma [Vanschuytbroeck, 1959E: Explor.Parc. nat.Garamba 14: 40, 41]
variivittatum  [F, v. varivittatus]
 - Chrysosoma [Vanschuytbroeck, 1951E: Explor.Parc nat.Albert 74: 29]
Variostylus  [F, v. Oariostylus]
 - genus [Bigot, 1890E: Ann.Soc.ent.France (6)10: 264]
varipennis, -e  [(Lat. varius, penna) 'with variegated wings']
 - Psilopus [F, v. variipennis] [Becker, 1922E: Capita zool. (Den Haag) 1(4): 119]
 - Scellus Van Duzee, 1925E: Proc.calif.Acad.Sci. (4)14: 180 (-is)  *
varipes  [(Lat. varius, pes) 'with variegated legs']
 - Campsicnemus Loew, 1859: Progr.Realsch.Meseritz 1859: 13  *
 - Chrysotus Van Duzee, 1924E: Bull.Buffalo Soc.nat.Sci. 13(3): 20  *
 - Diaphorus Van Duzee, 1929E: Proc.U.S.natl.Mus. 74(10) (publ.2755):   19  *
 - Dolichopus Coquillett, 1900: Proc.Wash.Acad.Sci. 2: 425  *
 - Medetera Van Duzee, 1929E: Proc.U.S.natl.Mus. 74(10) (publ.2755): 36  *  Saccopheronta
 - Mesorhaga Van Duzee, 1917: Ent.News 28: 123  *
 - Saccopheronta (Van Duzee, 1929) [Medetera] (6 Grichanov, 1997E: Int.J.dipterol.Res. 8(3): 125)  *
 - Stolidosoma Robinson, 1967: Ann.ent.Soc.Amer. 60(5): 896  *]
 - Sympycnus Aldrich, 1901: in Godman & Salvin, Biol.centr.-amer. 1: 344  *
 - Thrypticus Robinson, 1975E: Smithson.Contr.Zool. 185: 32  *
varitibia  [(Lat. varius, tibia) 'with variegated tibiae']
 - Condylostylus Van Duzee, 1932E: Amer.Mus.Nov. 569: 6  *
 - Diaphorus Parent, 1932E: Ann.Soc.sci.Bruxelles, Sér.B, 52: 173  *
 - Dolichopus Lundbeck, 1912: Dipt.danica 4: 84  *  Dolichopus lati- cola Verrall, 1904 (6 Collin, 1913E: Ent.monthly Mag. 49 [= ser. 2, vol.24]: 131; Becker, 1917E: N.Acta Acad.leop., Halle, 102: 142)
 - Medetera Parent, 1935: Rev.Zool.Bot.afr. 27: 126  *
varius, -a, -um  [Lat.: 'variegated']
 - Chrysotus [F, v. varians] [Becker, 1910E: Dtsch.ent.Z. 1910(6): 650]
 - Dolichopus Walker, 1852: in Saunders, Ins.saunders. 1: 215 (-us)    *  Pelastoneurus
 - Pelastoneurus (Walker, 1852) (-us) [Dolichopus] (6 Aldrich, 1905E:   Smithson.misc.Coll. 46(2) (Publ.1444): 309; Parent, 1934E: Ann. Mag.nat.Hist. (10)13: 36)  *
varivittatus, -a, -um  [(Lat. varius, vitta) 'with variegated bands']
 - Chrysosoma Curran, 1925: Rev.zool.afr. 13: 112 (-um)  *
varus, -a, -um  [Lat. 'with bent legs']
 - Asyndetus Loew, 1869E: Beschr.eur.Dipt. 1: 297 (-us)  *
 - Gonioneurum Becker, 1922E: Abh.zool.-bot.Ges.Wien 13(1): 99 (-um)    *
vegandris  [F, v. vegrandis]
 - Medetera [Dyte, 1975E: Catal.Dipt.orient.Reg. 2: 240]
vegetus, -a, -um  [Lat. 'lively', 'active']
 - Calyxochaetus (Wheeler, 1899) (-us) [Nothosympycnus] *
 - Dolichopus Harmston, 1952: Proc.ent.Soc.Wash. 54: 283 (-us)  *
 - Nothosympycnus Wheeler, 1899E: Proc.calif.Acad.Sci. (3)2 (Zool.): 53 (-us)  *  Calyxochaetus
 - Pelastoneurus Frey, 1925E: Notul.ent. 5: 25 (-us)  *
vegrandis, -e  [Lat.: 'small']
 - Medetera Frey, 1925E: Notul.ent. 5: 24 (-is)  *  Micromorphus
 - Micromorphus (Frey, 1925) (-is) [Medetera] (6 Bickel, 1987E: Rec. austral.Mus. 39(4): 257)  *
veles  [Lat.: 'skirmisher']
 - Medetera Loew, 1861: Progr.Realsch.Meseritz 1861: 73  *
veliformis, -e  [(Lat. velum, forma) 'veil-like']
 - Condylostylus Becker, 1922E: Abh.zool.-bot.Ges.Wien 13(1): 351 (-is) <ciliation beneath metatarsus I "wie den Anfang eines Schlei-ergewebes">  *  Condylostylus exquisitus (Walker, 1852) (6 Pa- rent, 1934E: Abb.Mag.nat.Hist. (10)13: 16)
velox  [Lat.: 'swift']
 - Chrysotus Parent, 1931E: Abh.Ber.Mus.Tierk.Völkerk.Dresden 18(1):   9  *
velutinus, -a, -um  [(late-Lat.) 'velvety']
 - Argyra Van Duzee, 1925E: Proc.U.S.natl.Mus. 66(23) (publ.2560): 20   (-a)  *
venator  [Lat.: 'hunter']
 - Aphrosylus Loew, 1857: Progr.Realsch.Meseritz 1857: 55  *
venatus, -a, -um  [(Lat. vena) 'with remarkable venation']
 - Medetera Curran, 1928: Bull.N.Y.State Mus. 274: 201 (-a) [Medete-rus]  *  Medetera apicalis (Zetterstedt, 1843) (6 Bickel, 1985E: U.S.Dept.Agricult., Techn.Bull. 1692: 43)
venestus  [F, v. venetus]
 - Sciapus [Negrobov, 1991E: Catal.palaearct.Dipt. 7: 17]
venetus, -a, -um  [Lat.: from Venice (Venezia), Italia]
 - Medetera [F, v. venatus] [Foote, Coulson & Robinson, 1965E: Catal.   Dipt.Amer.n.Mex.: 511 (-a)]
 - Sciapus Meuffels, 1977E: Bull.Rech.Agron.Gembloux 11(1-2) [1976]: 201 (-us)  *
ventralis, -e  [Lat.: 'with striking belly']
 - Diaphorus Van Duzee, 1915E: Bull.Buffalo Soc.nat.Sci. 11(2): 170 (-is)  *
 - Dolichopus Fallén, 1823E: Dipt.Svec. 2 (Monogr.Dolichopod.Svec.): 21 (-is)  *  Hypophyllus discipes (Germar,1821) (cf. Loew, 1857E: Progr.Realsch.Meseritz 1857: 6)
 - Enlinia Robinson, 1969E: Smithson.Contr.Zool. 25: 37 (-is)  *
 - Gymnopternus Loew, 1861: Progr.Realsch.Meseritz 1861: 36 (-is)  *    Hercostomus
 - Hercostomus (Loew, 1861) (-is) [Gymnopternus] (6 Becker, 1922E: Abh.zool.-bot.Ges.Wien 13(1): 34)  *
 - Hypophyllus (Fallén, 1823) (-is) [Dolichopus]  *  Hypophyllus dis-   cipes (Germar, 1821)
venustus, -a, -um  [Lat.: 'lovely', 'charming']
 - Diaphorus (+) (Meunier, 1907) (-us) [Lyroneurus] (6 Evenhuis, 1994E: Catal.fossil Flies: 361)  *
 - Heteropsilopus (Walker, 1852) (-us) [Psilopus] (6 Hardy, 1935E: Proc.linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 60: 252) *  Heteropsilopus brevicornis (Mac-quart, 1850)
 - Leucostola Malloch [F for Melander] [Johannsen, 1928: in Leonard: Mem.agricult.Exper.Sta.Cornell Univ. [1926] 101: 774]
 - Leucostola (Melander, 1900) (-a) [Nematoproctus]  *  Nematoproc--tus
 - Lyroneurus (+) Meunier, 1907: Naturaliste (2)29: 269 (-us)  *  Diaphorus
 - Nematoproctus Melander, 1900: Canad.Ent. 32: 142 (-us)  *
 - Oncopygius (+) Statz, 1940: Palaeontographica (A)91: 138 (-us)  *
 - Paraclius Aldrich, 1901: in Godman & Salvin, Biol.centr.-amer. 1: 340 (-us)  *
 - Psilopus Walker, 1852: in Saunders, Ins.saunders. 1: 209 (-us)  *    Heteropsilopus brevicornis (Macquart, 1850) (6 Hardy, 1935E: Proc.linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 60: 252)
 - Rhaphium Negrobov, 1977: Vestnik Zool. 1977(1): 48 (-um)  *
 - Sciapus (Walker, 1852) (-us) [Psilopus] (6 Parent, 1934E: Ann.Mag.   nat.Hist. (10)13: 36 [Sciopus])  *  Heteropsilopus brevicornis (Macquart, 1850)
verae
 - Dolichopus Negrobov, 1977: Takson.Fauny Sibiri (Novosibirsk): 103    *
 - Medetera Negrobov, 1967: Dokl.Akad.Nauk.armyan.SSR 45(4): 190  *
verbekei  [after Charles Verbeke]
 - Hercostomus Pollet, 1993E: Zool.Scripta 22(1): 104  *
verecundus, -a, -um  [Lat.: 'modest']
 - Chrysotus Parent, 1933E: Ann.Soc.sci.Bruxelles, Sér.B, 53: 180 (-us)  *
veripes  [F, v. varipes]
 - Sympycnus [Van Duzee, 1913E: Ent.News 24: 271]
vermiculatus, -a, -um  [Lat.: 'bearing a wormlike appendage']
 - Sympycnus Parent, 1932E: Enc.ent., Sér.B, II, Dipt. 6: 116 (-us)  *
vernaae
 - Dolichopus Harmston & Knowlton, 1940: Ent.News 51: 129  *
vernaculus, -a, -um  [Lat.: 'indigenous']
 - Gymnopternus Van Duzee, 1924E: Occ.Pap.Boston Soc.nat.Hist. 5: 104   (-us)  *  Hercostomus
 - Hercostomus (Van Duzee, 1924) (-us) [Gymnopternus]  *
verralli  [after George Henry Verrall (1848-1911)]
 - Chrysotus Parent, 1923: Ann.Soc.sci.Bruxelles 42 (Mém.): 301  *
verschureni  [after J.Verschuren]
 - Corindia Grichanov, 1998E: Int.J.dipterol.Research 9(3): 191  *
versicolor  [Lat.: 'party-coloured']
 - Argyra (Meigen, 1824) [Porphyrops] (6 Meigen, 1838E: Syst.Beschr. 7: 154)  *  Argyra diaphana (Fabricius, 1775)
 - Asyndetus Johnson, 1924E: Zoologica (New York) 5: 88  *
 - Diaphorus Van Duzee, 1932: Amer.Mus.Nov. 521: 6  *
 - Pelastoneurus Van Duzee, 1932: Amer.Mus.Nov. 521: 13  *
 - Porphyrops Meigen, 1824E: Syst.Beschr. 4: 50  *  Argyra diaphana (Fabricius, 1775) (6 Meigen, 1838E: Syst. Beschr. 7: 154)
versicoloris  [F, v. versicolorus]
 - Campsicnemus [Negrobov, 1991E: Catal.palaearct.Dipt. 7: 63]
versicolorus, -a, -um  [Lat.: 'party-coloured']
 - Campsicnemus Negrobov & Zlobin, 1978E: Nauch.Dokl.vyssh.Shk., Biol.Nauki 1: 57 (-us)  *
versutus, -a, -um  [Lat.: 'versatile', 'dexterous']
 - Dolichopus Van Duzee, 1921E: Bull.U.S.natl.Mus. 116: 253 (-us)  *
 - Schoenophilus (Haliday, 1851) (-us) [Thinophilus] (6 Mik, 1878: JBer.Akad.Gymn. (Wien) 1878: 7 [in separate: 3])  *  Thinophilus (Schoenophilus)
 - Thinophilus Haliday, 1851: in Walker, Stainton & Wilkinson, Ins. brit. 1(1): 192 (-us)  *  (in subg. Schoenophilus)
vespertinus, -a, -um  [Lat.: 'evening-']
 - Thinophilus Robinson, 1964: Misc.Publ.ent.Soc.Amer. 4(4): 129 (-us)  *
vestitus, -a, -um  [Lat.: 'dressed', 'clothed']
 - Argyra (Wiedemann, 1817) (-a) [Dolichopus] (6 Meigen, 1838E: Syst.   Beschr. 7: 154)  *
 - Dolichopus Wiedemann, 1817: Zool.Mag. (Wied.) 1(1): 75 (-us)  *  Argyra
 - Gymnopternus [F, v. vetitus]
 - Leucostola (Wiedemann, 1817) (-a) [Dolichopus] (6 Loew, 1857E: Progr.Realsch.Meseritz 1857: 39)  *  Argyra
 - Porphyrops (Wiedemann, 1817) (-a; F -us) [Dolichopus] (6 Meigen, 1824E: Syst.Beschr. 4: 48)  *  Argyra
 - Thrypticus Negrobov, 1971 [F 1972]: in Negrobov & Stackelberg: in Lindner, Flieg.palaearkt.Reg. 4(5): ... (-us) (in key) (descr. ibid. 1972: 267)  *
Vetimicrotes  (m.)  [(Lat. vetus?) 'old Microtes (?)']
 - genus Dyte, 1980E: Ent.scand. 11: 223 (nom.nov. for Microtes Bec- ker, 1918, nec Scudder, 1900)  *  (subf. Dolichopodinae)
  Type species: Microtes mediterraneus Becker, 1918 (automatic)
vetitus, -a, -um  [Lat.: 'forbidden']
 - Gymnopternus (Melander, 1900) (-us) [Hercostomus]  *  Hercostomus
 - Hercostomus Melander, 1900: Canad.Ent. 32: 138 (-us)  *
vetius  [F, v. vetitus]
 - Hercostomus [Van Duzee, 1925E: Psyche 32: 187]
vialis, -e  [Lat.: 'of the roads']
 - Dactylodiscia (Raddatz, 1873) (-is) [Psilopus] (6 Enderlein, 1936:   in Brohmer, Ehrmann & Ulmer, Tierw.Mitteleur. 6, 2 (16): 114)  *  Sciapus contristans (Wiedemann, 1817)
 - Psilopus Raddatz, 1873E: Stettin.ent.Ztg. 34: 331 (-is)  *  Scia- pus contristans (Wiedemann, 1817) (6 Meuffels & Grootaert, 1990E: Bull.Inst.r.Sci.nat.Belg., Entom., 60: 164)
 - Sciapus (Raddatz,1873) (-is) [Psilopus] (6 Bezzi, 1903E: Ka-tal.pa-läarkt.Dipt. 2: 292)  *  Sciapus contristans (Wiedemann, 1817)
vicarius, -a, -um  [Lat.: 'substituted']
 - Dolichopus Walker, 1865: J.linn.Soc. (London) (Zool.) 8: 112 (-us)    *  Paraclius
 - Paraclius (Walker,1865) (-us) [Dolichopus] (6 Parent, 1934E: Ann. Mag.nat.Hist. (10)13: 36; Bickel & Dyte,1989E: Catal.Dipt.au-stral.ocean.Reg.: 402)  *
 - Pelastoneurus (Walker,1865) (-us) [Dolichopus] (6 Parent, 1934E: Ann.Mag.nat.Hist. (10)13: 36)  *  Paraclius
vicinus, -a, -um  [Lat.: 'near', 'kindred']
 - Asyndetus Meuffels & Grootaert, 1993E: Bull.Ann.Soc.r.belg.Ent. 129 (7-9): 250 (-us)  *
 - Chrysotus Parent, 1933E: Ann.Soc.sci.Bruxelles, Sér.B, 53: 380 (-us)  *
 - Diaphorus Becker, 1922E: Abh.zool.-bot.Ges.Wien 13(1): 174 (-us)  *
 - Dolichopus Macquart, 1834: Hist.nat.Dipt. 1: 464 (-us)  *  Doli-chopus simplex Meigen, 1824.
 - Paraclius Aldrich, 1904: Trans.amer.ent.Soc. 30: 277 (-us)  *  Pa-   raclius alternans (Loew, 1864) (6 Robinson, 1964: Misc.Publ.ent. Soc.Amer. 4: 180)
 - Scelloides Parent, 1933E: Ann.Soc.sci.Bruxelles, Sér.B, 53: 398 (-us)  *
 - Sciapus Parent, 1925: Bull.Soc.r.Ent.Égypte 9: 172 (-us) [Sciopus]    *
victoris  [after Victor N. Kuznetzov]
 - Dolichopus Stackelberg, 1930E [F 1933]: in Lindner, Flieg.palae-arkt.Reg. 4(5): 16 (in key) (descr. ibid. 1933: 105)  *
 - Medetera Negrobov, 1972E [F 1977]: in Negrobov & Stackelberg: in Lindner, Flieg.palaearkt.Reg. 4(5): 276 (in key) (descr. ibid. 1977: 352)  *
victorisetae  [(Lat. victor, seta) 'with superior seta']
 - Condylostylus Hollis, 1964E: Beaufortia 10(129): 249 <leg 1 - tibia with 1 long and 1 short externo-ventral bristle apically, the long bristle being over half length of basitarsus'>  *
vidua  [Lat.: 'widow']
 - Liancalus Becker, 1922E: Abh.zool.-bot.Ges.Wien 13(1): 118 <de-scribed only from the &>  *  Oedematopus
 - Oedematopus (Becker, 1922) [Liancalus]  *
viduus, -a, -um  [Lat.: 'widowed']
 - Chrysosoma Lamb, 1929: Ins.Samoa 6(3): 135 (-um)  *
 - Condylostylus (Schiner, 1868) (-us) [Psilopus] (6 Becker, 1922E: Capita zool. (Den Haag) 1(4): 120)  *  Parentia tricolor (Walker, 1835)
 - Diaphorus Parent, 1930E: Ann.naturhist.Mus.Wien 44: 20 (-us)  *
 - Medetera Wheeler, 1899E: Proc.calif.Acad.Sci. (3)2 (Zool.): 24 (-  a) [Medeterus]  *
 - Parentia (Schiner, 1868) (-a) [Psilopus] (6 Bickel & Dyte, 1989E: Catal.Dipt. austral.ocean.Reg.: 400)  *  Parentia tricolor (Wal- ker, 1835)
 - Psilopus Schiner, 1868: Reise Novara, Dipt.: 216 (-us) // syn. of Sciapus nigrofasciatus (Macquart, 1850) (6 Hardy, 1935E: Proc. linn.Soc. N.S.Wales 60: 254)  *  Paren-tia tricolor (Walker, 1835) (6 Bickel & Dyte, 1989E: Catal.Dipt. austral.ocean.Reg.: 400)
vietus, -a, -um  [Lat.: 'shrunken']
 - Thrypticus Van Duzee, 1915E: Psyche 22: 86 (-us) <'the head is shrunken'>  *
vigil  [Lat.: 'alert']
 - Scellus Osten Sacken, 1877: Bull.U.S.geol.geogr.Survey Ter.(U.S. Dept.Int.) 3: 318  *
vigilans  [Lat.: 'vigilant']
 - Condylostylus Becker, 1922E: Abh.zool.-bot.Ges.Wien 13(1): 353  *
 - Condylostylus Becker, 1922E: Capita zool. (Den Haag) 1(4): 226 (nec Becker, 1922) [Condylostylus beckeri Frey, 1925 (nom.nov.) (nec Speiser, 1920); Condylostylus theodori Frey, 1925 (nom. nov.)]  *  Condylosty-lus nebulosus Matsumura, 1916 (6 Bickel, 1994E: Rec.austral.Mus., Suppl.21: 109)
 - Dolichopus Aldrich, 1893: Kans.Univ.Quart. 2: 13  *
villanus, -a, -um  [(Lat. villa) 'from the country']
 - Chrysosoma Parent, 1933E: Ann.Soc.sci.Bruxelles, Sér.B, 53: 177 (-um)  *  Parentia malitiosa (Hutton, 1901) (6 Bickel, 1991E: Fauna Nw.Zeal. 23: 27)
 - Parentia (Parent, 1933) (-a) [Chrysosoma] (6 Bickel & Dyte, 1989E:   Catal.Dipt.austral.ocean.Reg.: 400)  *  Parentia malitiosa (Hut- ton, 1901)
villeneuvei  [after Joseph Villeneuve de Janti (1868 - 1944)]
 - Amblypsilopus (Parent, 1927) [Sciopus] (6 Bickel, 1994E: Rec.au-stral.Mus., Suppl.21: 373) (nec Parent, 1922)  *  deserves a new name
 - Sciapus Parent, 1922: Ann.Soc.sci.Bruxelles 41(C.r.): 248 [Scio-pus]  *  Sciapus laetus (Meigen,1838) (6 Parent, 1925E: Enc.ent., Sér.B, II, Dipt. 1: 142)
 - Sciapus Parent, 1927: C.r.Congr.Soc.Sav.Paris 1926: 475 [Sciopus] (nec Parent, 1922) // [unavailable name, proposed in synonymy (6 Negrobov, 1991E: Catal.palaearct.Dipt. 7: 18)]  *  Amblypsilopus (deserves a new name)
villersi  [F, v. villiersi]
 - Chrysosoma [Bickel, 1994E: Rec.austral.Mus., Suppl.21: 212]
villiersi  [after A.Villiers]
 - Chrysosoma (Vanschuytbroeck, 1970) [Kalocheta] (6 Bickel, 1994E: Rec.austral.Mus., Suppl.21: 212 [as villersi])  *  (in subgen. Kalocheta) (6 Grichanov, 1995E: Int.J.dipterol.Res. 6: 364)
 - Kalocheta Vanschuytbroeck, 1970: Bull.Inst.fond.Afr.noire, Sér.A, Sci.nat., 32: 267  *  Chrysosoma (Kalocheta)
villipes  [(Lat. villus, pes) 'hairy-legged']
 - Chrysosoma (Rondani, 1875) [Psilopus] (6 Enderlein, 1912E: Zool. Jahrb.Jena, Suppl. 15(1): 383)  *  unrecognized
 - Psilopus Rondani, 1875: Ann.Mus.Stor.nat.Genova 7: 445  // syn. of   Chrysosoma patelliferum (Thomson, 1869) (6 De Meijere, 1910E: Tijdschr. Ent. 53: 88; but 6 Bickel, 1994E: Rec.austral.Mus., Suppl.21: 374)  *  unrecognized (6 Bickel, 1994E: Rec.austral. Mus., Suppl.21: 374)
villosipes  [(Lat. villosus, pes) 'hairy-legged']
 - Chrysosoma (Parent, 1933) [Condylostylus] (6 Robinson, 1970E: Ca- tal.Dipt.S.Amer. 40: 3)  *  Condylostylus
 - Condylostylus Parent, 1933E: Bull.Ann.Soc.ent.Belg. 73: 185  *
villosus, -a, -um  [Lat.: 'hairy']
 - Condylostylus Parent, 1928E: Mitt.zool.Mus.Hamburg 43: 175 (-us) <femora>  *
vinculatus, -a, -um  [Lat.: 'fettered', 'bound']
 - Thinophilus Harmston & Rapp, 1968: J.Kansas ent.Soc. 41: 253 (-us)    *
vinogradovi  [after B.S.Vinogradov]
 - Tachytrechus Stackelberg, 1941: in Lindner, Flieg.palaearkt.Reg. 4(5): 209 (in key) (descr.: 236)  *
violaceus, -a, -um  [Lat.: 'violet']
 - Argyra Van Duzee, 1929E: Proc.U.S.natl.Mus. 74(10) (publ.2755): 23   (-a)  *  Stolidosoma
 - Condylostylus (Macquart, 1842) (-us) [Psilopus] (6 Becker, 1922E: Abh.zool.-bot.Ges.Wien 13(1): 353)  *
 - Gymnopternus (Van Duzee, 1921) (-us) [Proarchus]  *  Hercostomus
 - Hercostomus (Van Duzee, 1921) (-us) [Proarchus]  *
 - Lichtwardtia (Curran, 1926) (-a) [Vaalimyia]  *
 - Proarchus Van Duzee, 1921E: Psyche 28: 123 (-us)  *  Hercostomus
 - Psilopus Macquart, 1842E: Mém.Soc.Sci.Agr.Arts Lille 1841(1): 178   (in separate: 118) (-us)  *  Condylostylus
 - Stolidosoma (Van Duzee, 1929) (-um) [Argyra] (6 Robinson, 1967: Ann.ent.Soc.Amer. 60(5): 895)  *
 - Sympycnus Lamb, 1922E: Trans.linn.Soc.Lond. (2)(Zool.) 18(1): 405 (-us)  *
 - Thinophilus Parent, 1935E: Enc.ent., Sér.B, II, Dipt. 8: 79 (-us)    *
 - Thrypticus Van Duzee, 1927: Amer.Mus.Nov. 262: 5 (-us)  *
 - Vaalimyia Curran, 1926: Ann.s.afr.Mus. 23: 398 (-a)  *  Lichtward-tia
violaris, -e  [Lat.: 'violet']
 - Condylostylus (Enderlein, 1912) (-is) [Psilopus] (6 Becker, 1922E:   Capita zool. (Den Haag) 1(4): 123)  *  Condylo-stylus tenebrosus (Walker, 1857)
 - Psilopus Enderlein, 1912E: Zool.Jb.Jena, Suppl. 15(1): 397 (-is)  *  Condylostylus tenebrosus (Walker, 1857) (6 Hollis, 1964E: Beaufortia 10(129): 251)
violoscutatus, -a, -um  [(Lat. viola, scutum) 'with violet scutellum']
 - Chrysosoma [Coulibaly in coll.] Negrobov & Grichanov, 1998E: Bull.   Inst.r.Sci.nat.Belg., Entomologie, 68: 146 (-um) [nom.nud.]  *  Gigantosciapus saegeri (Vanschuytbroeck, 1959)
violovitshi  [after N.A.Violovitsh]
 - Dolichopus Negrobov, 1977: Takson.Fauny Sibiri (Novosibirsk): 103    *
 - Syntormon Negrobov, 1975E: Ent.Obozr. 44(3): 663  *
virago  [Lat.: 'a female hero']
 - Scellus Aldrich, 1907: Ent.News 18: 133  *
virens  [Lat.: 'green']
 - Hydrophorus (Scopoli, 1763) [Musca] (6 Fallén, 1823E: Dipt.Svec. 2   (Monogr.Dolichopod.Svec.): 2)  *  Liancalus
 - Liancalus (Panzer, 1798) [Musca]  *  Orthoceratium lacustre (Sco- poli, 1763)
 - Liancalus (Scopoli,1763) [Musca] (6 Loew, 1857E: Progr.Realsch.Me-   seritz 1857: 22)  *
 - Medetera (Scopoli, 1763) [Musca] (6 Meigen, 1824E: Syst.Beschr. 4:   60 [Medeterus])  *  Liancalus
 - Musca Panzer, 1798: Faun.ins.germ.: 16 (nec Scopoli, 1763)  *  Or-   thoceratium lacustre (Scopoli, 1763)
 - Musca Scopoli, 1763: Ent.carniol.: 342  *  Liancalus
 - Orthoceratium (Panzer, 1798) [Musca]  *  Orthoceratium lacustre (Scopoli, 1763)
 - Parasyntormon Harmston & Knowlton, 1943: Canad.Ent. 75: 65  *
virescens  [Lat.: 'greenish']
 - Chrysotus von Roser,1840: Corresp.-Bl.k.württemb.landw.Ver.(Stutt-   gart) 37 (= n.S. 17) (1): 56  *  unrecognized
 - Thrypticus Negrobov, 1967: Ent.Obozr. 46(4): 906  *
vireus  [F, v. virens]
 - Liancalus [Mirouse, 1958E: Bull.Soc.Hist.nat.Toulouse 93: 105]
virga  [Lat.: 'twig'; also 'stripe']
 - Dolichopus Coquillett, 1910: Canad.Ent. 42: 41  *
virgatus, -a, -um  [Lat.: 'striped']
 - Asyndetus Curran, 1926: Rev.zool.afr. 14: 34 (-us)  *
 - Thinophilus Curran, 1926: Rev.zool.afr. 14: 22 (-us)  *
virginiensis, -e  [from Virginia, U.S.A.]
 - Dolichopus Van Duzee, 1921E: Bull.U.S.natl.Mus. 116: 236 (-is)  *
virgo  [Lat.: 'virgin']
 - Condylostylus (Wiedemann, 1830) [Psilopus] (6 Becker, 1922E: Abh. zool.-bot.Ges.Wien 13(1): 280)  *  Condylostylus caudatus (Wiede-mann, 1830)
 - Psilopodinus (Wiedemann, 1830) [Psilopus] (6 Aldrich, 1905E: Smithson.misc.Coll. 46(2) (Publ.1444): 286)  *  Condylostylus caudatus (Wiedemann, 1830)
 - Psilopus Wiedemann, 1830E: Außereur.zweifl.Ins.: 224  *  Condylo-stylus caudatus (Wiedemann, 1830) (6 Becker, 1922E: Abh.zool.-bot.Ges.Wien 13(1): 280, 283)
virgultorum  [Lat.: 'of the thickets']
 - Dolichopus Haliday, 1851: in Walker, Stainton & Wilkinson, Ins. brit. 1: 168  *
viridanus, -a, -um  [(Lat. viridis, anus) 'with green anal parts']
 - Guzeriplia Negrobov, 1978E: Zool.Zhurn. 57(9): 1376 (-a) [Guserip-lia]  *
viridicollis, -e  [(Lat. viridis, collum) 'green-necked']
 - Psilopus Frey, 1917E: Öfvers.finska vetensk.Soc., Förhandl., 59A (20): 9 (-is)  *  Sciapus (unrecognized, 6 Bickel, 1994E: Rec. austral.Mus., Suppl.21: 374)
 - Sciapus (Frey, 1917) (-is) [Psilopus] (6 Becker, 1922E: Capita zo-ol. (Den Haag) 1(4): 123 [Sciopus])  *  unrecognized
viridicolor  [(Lat. viridis, color) 'green-coloured']
 - Medetera Becker, 1922E: Abh.zool.-bot.Ges.Wien 13(1): 139  *
viridicoxa  [(Lat. viridis, coxa) 'with green coxae']
 - Condylostylus (Aldrich, 1904) [Psilopodinus] (6 Becker, 1922E: Abh.zool.-bot.Ges.Wien 13(1): 358)  *
 - Psilopodinus Aldrich, 1904: Trans.amer.ent.Soc. 30: 284  *  Condy-   lostylus
 - Sciapus (Aldrich, 1904) [Psilopodinus] (6 Van Duzee, 1915E: Ent. News 26: 21)  *  Condylostylus
viridifacies  [(Lat. viridis, facies) 'green-faced']
 - Eurynogaster Parent, 1938E: Konowia 16 [1937], 3/4: 209  *
 - Hydrophorus Van Duzee, 1923: Ohio J.Sci. 23: 255  *
 - Medetera Van Duzee, 1923E: Ohio J.Sci. 23: 248 [Medeterus]  *  Me-   detera signaticornis Loew, 1857 (6 Bickel, 1985E: U.S.Dept.Agri-cult., Techn. Bull. 1692: 34)
 - Thinophilus Van Duzee, 1924E: Occ.Pap.Boston Soc.nat.Hist. 5: 102    *
viridifemora  [(Lat. viridis, femur) 'with green femora']
 - Chrysotus Macquart, 1850: Dipt.exot.Suppl. 4: 428  *  unrecogniz-ed
viridifemoratus  [(Lat. viridis, femur) 'with green femora']
 - Chrysotus von Roser,1840: Corresp.-Bl.k.württemb.landw.Ver.,Stutt-gart, 37 (= n.S. 17) (1): 55 (-us)  *
viridiflos  [(Lat. viridis, flos) 'with greenish bloom']
 - Hydatostega (Walker, 1852) [Medeterus] (6 Hurley, 1985E, in: Grif-   fiths, Flies nearct.Reg. 6(6), nr.1: 6)  *
 - Hydrophorus (Walker, 1852) [Medeterus] (6 Parent, 1934E: Ann.Mag. nat.Hist. (10)13: 36)  *  Hydatostega
 - Medetera Walker, 1852: in Saunders, Ins.Saunders. 1: 212 [Medete-rus]  *  Hydatostega
 - Millardia (Walker, 1852) [Medeterus] (6 Curran, 1934: Fam.and Gen.   n.amer.Dipt.: 221, 231)  *  Hydatostega
viridipalpus, -a, -um  [(Lat. viridis, palpus) 'with green palpi']
 - Medetera Negrobov & Schumann, 1990: Dtsch.entom.Z. 37(4-5): 229  *    Medetera beckeri Parent, 1929 (6 Grichanov, 1997E: Int.J.dipte-rol.Res. 8(4): 173)
viridipes  [(Lat. viridis, pes) 'green-legged']
 - Liancalus (Macquart,1834) [Medeterus] (6 Loew, 1857E: Progr.Real- sch.Meseritz 1857: 22)  *  Orthoceratium lacustre (Scopoli, 1763)
 - Medetera Macquart, 1834: Hist.nat.Dipt. 1: 452 [Medeterus]  *  Or-   thoceratium lacustre (Scopoli, 1763) (6 Loew, 1857E: Progr.Real-sch.Meseritz 1857: 22)
 - Orthoceratium (Macquart, 1834) [Medeterus]  *  Orthoceratium la- custre (Scopoli, 1763)
viridis, -e  [Lat.: 'green']
 - Chrysotus Becker, 1922E: Abh.zool.-bot.Ges.Wien 13(1): 200 (-is)  *
 - Condylostylus Parent, 1929E: Ann.Soc.sci.Bruxelles, Sér.B, 49: 238   (-is)  *
 - Dolichopus Van Duzee, 1921E: Bull.U.S.natl.Mus. 116: 44 (-is)  *
 - Hydrophorus (Meigen,1824) (-is) [Medeterus] (6 Loew, 1857E: Progr.   Realsch.Meseritz 1857: 23)  *
 - Liancalus [F, v. virens] [Becker, 1908E: Mitt.zool.Mus.Berlin 4(2): 191; Marina & Negrobov, 1977E: Syst.i Evol.Dvukr.Nasek. (Leningrad) 1977: 68 (fig.2)]
 - Medetera Meigen, 1824E: Syst.Beschr.4: 60 (-is) [Medeterus]  *    Hydrophorus
 - Neurigona Van Duzee, 1913E: Ann.ent.Soc.Amer. 6: 43 (-is)  *
 - Thrypticus Parent, 1932E: Stettin.ent.Ztg. 93: 224 (-is)  *
viridiventris, -e  [(Lat. viridis, venter) 'green-bellied']
 - Medetera Van Duzee, 1933: Ent.News 44: 152 (-is) (nom.nov. for Me-   detera currani Van Duzee, 1931, nec Parent, 1931)  *  Saccophe-ronta
 - Saccopheronta (Van Duzee, 1933) (-is) [Medetera] (6 Grichanov, 1997E: Int.J.dipterol.Res. 8(3): 125)  *
viridivittatus, -a, -um  [(Lat. viridis, vitta) 'green-banded']
 - Condylostylus Robinson, 1960: Ohio J.Sci. 60: 272 (-us)  *  Scia- pus dorsalis (Loew, 1866) (6 Robinson, 1964: Misc.Publ.ent.Soc. Amer. 4: 112)
 - Sciapus (Robinson, 1960) (-us) [Condylostylus] (6 Robinson, 1964: Misc.Publ.ent.Soc. Amer. 4: 112) *  Sciapus dorsalis (Loew, 1866)
viridulus, -a, -um  [(Lat., dim. of viridis) 'little green one']
 - Campsicnemus Hardy & Kohn, 1964E: in Zimmerman, Ins.Hawaii 11: 175   (-us)  *
 - Chrysotus (Fallén, 1823) (-us) [Dolichopus]  *  Chrysotus neglec-tus (Wiedemann, 1817)
 - Dolichopus Fallén, 1823E: Dipt.Svec. 2 (Monogr.Dolichopod.Svec.): 18 (-us)  *  Chrysotus neglectus (Wiedemann, 1817) (6 Fallén, 1823E: Dipt.Svec. 2 (Monogr.Dolichopod.Svec.): 18 [%])
viridum  [F, v. vividus]
 - Chrysosoma [Becker, 1923E: Ent.Mitt. (Berlin-Dahlem) 12(1): 24]
viridus, -a, -um  [(Lat. viridis) 'green']
 - Eurynogaster Van Duzee, 1933E: Proc.hawaii.ent.Soc. 8(2): 342 (-a)    *
 - Paraclius Van Duzee, 1931E: Amer.Mus.Nov. 484: 11 (-us)  *
 - Thrypticus [F, v. viridis] [Frey, 1957E: Notul.ent. 37: 4]
vitae
 - Diostracus Negrobov, 1980: Vestnik Zool. 1980(4): 16  *
vitatus  [F, v. vittatus]
 - Medeterus [Van Duzee, 1928E: Psyche 35: 40]
vitripennis, -e  [(Lat. vitrum, penna) 'with hyaline wings']
 - Diaphorus Loew, 1859: Progr.Realsch.Meseritz 1859: 21 (-is)  *
 - Dolichopus Meigen, 1824E: Syst.Beschr. 4: 78 (-is)  *
 - Dolichopus Staeger, 1842: Naturhist.Tidsskr. 4: 35 (-is) (nec Meigen, 1824)  *  Dolichopus clavipes Haliday, 1832.
 - Porphyrops (Meigen, 1824) (-e) [Rhaphium] (6 Meigen, 1838E: Syst.   Beschr. 7: 151)  *  Rhaphium longicorne (Fallén, 1823)
 - Rhaphium Meigen, 1824E: Syst.Beschr. 4: 29 (-e)  *  Rhaphium lon-   gicorne (Fallén, 1823)
vittatas  [F, v. vittatus]
 - Diaphorus [Van Duzee, 1915E: Bull.Buffalo Soc.ent.Sci. 11(2): 175;   Foote, coulson & Robinson, 1965E: Catal.Dipt.Amer.n.Mex.: 520]
vittatus, -a, -um  [Lat.: 'banded']
 - Agonosoma (Wiedemann, 1819) (-us) [Dolichopus] (6 De Meijere, 1910E: Tijdschr.Ent. 53: 84)  *  Chrysosoma
 - Chrysosoma (Wiedemann, 1819) (-um) [Dolichopus] (6 Enderlein, 1912E: Zool.Jahrb.Jena, Suppl. 15(1): 394)  *
 - Diaphorus Van Duzee, 1915E: Bull.Buffalo Soc.nat.Sci. 11(2): 179 (-us; as vittatas, in key, p.164 as vittatus) <'a not very sharply defined, coppery vitta' on mesonotum>  *  Diaphorus leucostoma Loew, 1861 (6 Robinson, 1964: Misc. Publ.ent.Soc.Amer. 4: 138)
 - Dolichopus Loew, 1861: Progr.Realsch.Meseritz 1861: 20 (-us) (nec Wiedemann, 1819)  *  Dolichopus orichalceus Gosseries, 1989 (nom. nov.)
 - Dolichopus Wiedemann, 1819: Zool.Mag. (Wied.) 1(3): 3 (-us)  *  Chrysosoma
 - Eurynogaster Hardy & Kohn, 1964E: in Zimmerman, Ins.Hawaii 11: 227   (-a) <mesonotum>  *
 - Medetera Van Duzee, 1919E: Proc.calif.Acad.Sci. (4)8: 268 (-a) [Medeterus] <mesonotum>  *
 - Porphyrops Macquart, 1834: Hist.nat.Dipt. 1: 444 (-a)  *  Syntor-mon tarsatus (Fallén, 1823)
 - Psilopus (Wiedemann, 1819) (-us) [Dolichopus] (6 Wiedemann, 1830E:   Außereur.zweifl.Ins. 2: 217)  *  Chrysosoma
 - Syntormon (Macquart, 1834) (-us) [Porphyrops]  *  Syntormon tar- satus (Fallén, 1823)
vivax  [Lat.: 'lively']
 - Gymnopternus Loew, 1857E: Progr.Realsch.Meseritz 1857: 19  *  Her-   costomus
 - Hercostomus (Loew, 1857) [Gymnopternus]  *
vividus, -a, -um  [Lat.: 'lively']
 - Argyra (Meigen, 1824) (-a) [Dolichopus]  *  ?Argyra argyria (Mei- gen, 1824)
 - Asyndetus Negrobov & Shamshev, 1986E: Bull.Biol. 91(6): 43 (-us)  *
 - Chrysosoma Becker, 1923E: Ent.Mitt. (Berlin-Dahlem) 12(1): 36 (-um)  *
 - Chrysotus Loew, 1864: Smithson.misc.Coll. 6(2) (publ.171): 178 (-us)  *
 - Dolichopus Meigen, 1824E: Syst.Beschr. 4: 100 (-us) // syn. of Porphyrops aulicus Meigen, 1824 (6 Haliday, 1851: in Walker, Stainton & Wilkinson, Ins.brit. 1: 212; but 6 Loew, 1857E: Progr.Realsch.Meseritz 1857: 45)  *  ?Argyra argyria (Meigen, 1824) (6 Kowarz, 1879E: Verh.zool.-bot.Ges.Wien 28 (Abh.): 450)
 - Medetera Becker, 1922E: Capita zool. (Den Haag) 1(4): 51 (-a)  *
vivus, -a, -um  [Lat.: 'living']
 - Sympycnus Becker, 1922E: Capita zool. (Den Haag) 1(4): 99 (-us)  *
vladimiri
 - Chrysotus Negrobov & Maslova, 1995E: Ent.Obozr. 74(2): 463  *
vlasovi  [after J.P.Vlasov]
 - Medetera (Stackelberg, 1937) [Oligochaetus]  *
 - Oligochaetus Stackelberg, 1937: Trudy Sov.Izuch.proizv.Sil., Ser. turkmen., 9: 127 // in subg. Asioligochaetus (6 Negrobov, 1966E: Ent.Obozr. 45(4): 877)  *  Medetera
vockerothi  [after John Richard Vockeroth]
 - Dactylomyia Bickel, 1998E: Bishop Mus.occ.Papers 55: 46  *
 - Gymnopternus Robinson, 1964: Misc.Publ.ent.Soc.Amer. 4(4): 172  *    Hercostomus
 - Hercostomus d'Assis Fonseca, 1976E: Ent.monthly Mag. 111: 26 (nom.   nov. for Hercostomus sahlbergi auctt. p.p., nec Zetterstedt, 1838) (nec Robinson, 1964)  *  deserves a new name.
 - Hercostomus (Robinson, 1964) [Gymnopternus]  *
 - Medetera Bickel, 1985E: U.S.Dept.Agricult., Techn.Bull. 1692: 32  *  Saccopheronta
 - Rhaphium Negrobov, 1979E: in Lindner, Flieg.palaearkt.Reg. 4(5): 479 (in key) (nec Robinson, 1964)  *  deserves a new name.
 - Rhaphium Robinson, 1964: Misc.Publ.ent.Soc.Amer. 4(4): 147  *
 - Saccopheronta (Bickel, 1985) [Medetera] (6 Grichanov, 1997E: Int. J.dipterol.Res. 8(3): 125)  *
volitans  [Lat.: 'fluttering']
 - Tachytrechus Melander, 1900: Canad.Ent. 32: 143  *
volucer, -cris, -cre  [Lat.: 'winged', 'swift']
 - Chrysosoma Becker, 1922E: Capita zool. (Den Haag) 1(4): 142 (-cre)    *  Heteropsilopus brevicornis (Macquart, 1850) (6 Hardy, 1930E: Austr.Zool. (Sydney) 6: 126)
 - Heteropsilopus (Becker, 1922) (-cer) [Chrysosoma] (6 Hardy, 1935E:   Proc.linn.Soc.N.S.Wales 60: 252)  *  Heteropsi-lopus brevicornis (Macquart, 1850)
vorax  [Lat.: 'voracious']
 - Campsicnemoides Curran, 1927: Ann.Transv.Mus. 12: 184  *
 - Tachytrechus Becker, 1922E: Abh.zool.-bot.Ges.Wien 13(1) [1921]:   85 (nec Loew, 1861) (6 Parent, 1931E: Abh.Ber.Mus.Tierk.Völkerk.   Dresden 18(1): 15)  *  Tachytrechus confusus Parent, 1931
 - Tachytrechus Loew, 1861: Progr.Realsch.Meseritz 1861: 41  *
vtorovi  [after the collector Vtorov]
 - Campsicnemus Negrobov & Zlobin, 1978E: Nauch.Dokl.vyssh.Shk., Biol.Nauk 1: 54  *
vulcanicola  [(Lat. vulcanus, colere) 'inhabiting volcanos']
 - Chrysotus Frey, 1945E: Comment.biol. 8(10): 47  *
vulgaris, -e  [Lat.: 'common']
 - Chrysotus Van Duzee, 1924E: Bull.Buffalo Soc.nat.Sci. 13(3): 15 (-is)  *
 - Chrysotus Van Duzee, 1933E: Proc.hawaii.ent.Soc. 8(2): 313 (-is) (nec Van Duzee, 1924)  *  Chrysotus pallidipalpus Van Duzee, 1933 (6 Hardy & Kohn, 1964E: in Zimmerman, Ins.Hawaii 11: 239)
 - Dolichopus (+) Meunier, 1907: Naturaliste (2)29: 221 (-is) (nec Stannius, 1831)  *  Dolichopus bickeli Evenhuis, 1994 (nom.nov.)
 - Dolichopus Stannius, 1831: Isis (Oken) 1831: 129 (-is)  *  Doli-chopus latilimbatus Macquart, 1827
 - Parentia Bickel, 1994E: Rec.austral.Mus., Suppl.21: 127 (-is)  *
vulsus, -a, -um  [Lat.: 'deprived of hairs']
 - Diaphorus Van Duzee, 1917E: Psyche 24: 38 (-us) <tibia II>  *
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