A NEW CHECK LIST OF SWEDISH DOLICHOPODIDAE (DIPTERA)
Last updated: 27 April 2003
AN OLD CHECK LIST IS HERE

The last checklist of Swedish Dolichopodidae including 321 species was published not long ago (Grichanov, 2002). However, an intensive treatment of the collections of three main Swedish Museums (NHMS, ZML and ZMU) carried out recently has revealed 13 species new for the Swedish fauna (Grichanov, Hedström, 2003; Grichanov, 2003). Some taxonomic changes are also proposed. The author has excluded some synonymic names rarely used in the European literature. Several errors and misprintings of the previous list are here corrected. Now 334 species are known from the country. See also notes to the checklist.

Species marked below with an asterisk (*) are included in the checklist for the first time. The following new synonym is proposed in this paper:

Dolichopus simplexMeigen,1824

=Dolichopus modestusWahlberg,1850, syn.nov.

Lectotype and paralectotypes are designated here for Rhaphium discigerum Stenhammar. Subfamilies and genera within subfamilies are given in alphabetical order. Genera are not divided here into subgenera. A list of doubtful species and records is given in Grichanov (2002). Any correction and supplement to this list will be welcomed.


ACHALCINAE Grootaert & Meuffels, 1997

Achalcus Loew, 1857

*bimaculatusPollet, 1996
= flavissimus Rohlfien & Ewald, 1979 [nomen nudum]
cinereus(Haliday, 1851) [Rhaphium]

=pygmaeus (Zetterstedt, 1855) [Rhaphium]

flavicollis(Meigen, 1824) [Porphyrops]

=pallidus (Zetterstedt, 1843) [Rhaphium]

melanotrichusMik, 1878

*nigropunctatusPollet & Brunhes, in Pollet, 1996

*thalhammeri Lichtwardt, 1913

*vaillanti Brunhes, 1987 [1986]

DIAPHORINAE Schiner, 1864

*AcropsilusMik, 1878

*niger(Loew, 1869) [Chrysotus]

Argyra Macquart, 1834

argentina (Meigen, 1824) [Porphyrops]
=diaphana (Fallén, 1823) [Dolichopus] (misident., nec Fabricius, 1775, nec Fabricius, 1805][1]
=geniculata (Schummel, 1837) [Porphyrops]

argyria(Meigen, 1824) [Porphyrops]

=argentata Macquart, 1834

=argentella (Zetterstedt, 1843) [Dolichopus]

=divergens Parent, 1926

auricollis(Meigen, 1824) [Porphyrops]

=pellucens var. ? of Fallén, 1823 [Dolichopus]

diaphana(Fabricius, 1775) [Musca]

=ludea (Harris, 1776) [Musca]

=pellucens (Fallén, 1823) [Dolichopus]

=versicolor (Meigen, 1824) [Porphyrops]

=hirtipes (Curtis, 1835) [Porphyrops]

elongata(Zetterstedt, 1843) [Dolichopus]

ilonaeGosseries, 1989

=conf?nis (Zetterstedt, 1849) [Dolichopus] (nec Walker, 1849)

leucocephala (Meigen, 1824) [Porphyrops]

=pellucens (Zetterstedt, 1838) [Dolichopus] (misident., nec Fallén, 1823)

=diaphana (Meigen, 1824) [Porphyrops] (misident., nec Fabricius, 1775, nec Fabricius, 1805, nec Fallén, 1823)

=fulviventrisMacquart, 1827 [Medeterus]

=fulgens (Haliday, 1832) [Porphyrops]

loewi Kowarz, 1879

magnicornis(Zetterstedt, 1838) [Dolichopus]

=aristata Gerstäcker, 1864

setimana Loew,1859

spoliataKowarz,1879

subarcticaRingdahl,1920

vestita(Wiedemann,1817)[Dolichopus]

Chrysotus Meigen, 1824

angulicornis Kowarz, 1874[2]
*arcticus Frey, 1915
blepharoscelesKowarz, 1874

cilipesMeigen,1824

=subfemoratus Frey, 1939

=callidusParent, 1944

cupreusMacquart,1827

=atripes von Roser, 1840

femoratusZetterstedt,1843

=licenti Parent, 1944

gramineus(Fallén,1823)[Dolichopus]

=laesus (Fallén, 1823, p.p.) [Dolichopus]

=minimus (Meigen, 1830) [Diaphorus]

=nigripesWalker, 1849 (misident., nec Fabricius, 1794; nec Meigen, 1824)

=facialis Gerstäcker, 1864

=microcerus Kowarz, 1874

=varians Kowarz, 1874

=andorrensis Parent, 1938

=arvernicus Vaillant & Brunhes, 1980

laesus(Wiedemann,1817)[Dolichopus]

=amplicornis Zetterstedt, 1849

=enderleini Parent, 1938

melampodiusLoew,1857

neglectus(Wiedemann,1871)[Dolichopus]

=viridulus (Fallén, 1823) [Dolichopus]

=copiosus Meigen, 1824

=femoralis Meigen, 1824

=taeniomerus Meigen, 1830

=lundbladi Frey, 1939

obscuripesZetterstedt, 1838 

=amplicornis Kowarz, 1874, nec Zetterstedt, 1849

=kowarzi Lundbeck, 1912

palustris Verrall, 1876

pulchellus Kowarz, 1874

ringdahli Parent, 1929

=ringdahli Ringdahl, 1928 [nomen nudum]

suavis Loew, 1857

Cryptophleps Lichtwardt, 1898

kertesziLichtwardt,1898

Diaphorus Meigen, 1824

hoffmannseggiMeigen, 1830
=tripilus Loew, 1857
nigricansMeigen, 1824

=obscurellus Zetterstedt, 1838

=obscuripes Zetterstedt, 1843 [Chrysotus] (misident., nec Zetterstedt, 1838)

=sokolovi Stackelberg, 1928

oculatus (Fallén, 1823) [Dolichopus]

=flavocinctus Meigen, 1824

=tuberculatus (Meigen, 1824) [Dolichopus]

=bimaculatus Macquart, 1827

=hoffmannseggi Macquart, 1834 [Diaphora] (misident., nec Meigen, 1830)

Melanostolus Kowarz, 1884

melancholicus(Loew, 1869) [Diaphorus]
=dorsalis (Verrall, 1876) [Diaphorus]

DOLICHOPODINAE Latreille, 1809

Dolichopus Latreille, 1796

acuticornisWiedemann, 1817
=ruralis Meigen, 1824

aemulus Loew, 1859

agilis Meigen, 1824 

albifrons Loew, 1859

=latilimbatus Wahlberg, 1850 (misident., nec Macquart, 1827)

annulipesZetterstedt,1838

=stenhammari Zetterstedt, 1843 

annulitarsisRingdahl,1920

apicalis Zetterstedt,1849

arbustorum Stannius,1831

=pallidicoxa von Roser, 1840

argyrotarsis  Wahlberg,1850

armillatus  Wahlberg,1850

=stenhammari var. b of Zetterstedt, 1843

atripes Meigen,1824

atritibialis  Zetterstedt, 1859

austriacus Parent,1927

bonsdorffi  Frey,1915

brevipennis Meigen,1824

=plumitarsis, var. ? of Fallén, 1823

caligatusWahlberg,1850

=flavipes Parent, 1938 (misident., nec Stannius, 1831)

calinotusLoew,1871

campestrisMeigen,1824

cilifemoratusMacquart,1827

=macquarti Parent, 1926 (misident., nec Staeger, 1842)

=pseudocilifemoratus Stackelberg, 1933

cinctipesWahlberg,1850

clavigerStannius,1831

clavipesHaliday,1832

=trochanteratus Zetterstedt, 1843

=fuscipes Haliday, 1832

=vitripennis Staeger, 1842 (misident., nec Meigen, 1824)

consimilis Wahlberg, 1850

costalisFrey,1915

cruralisWahlberg,1850

=lapponicus Becker, 1917

diademaHaliday,1832

disciferStannius,1831

=patellatus Meigen, 1824 (nec Fallén, 1823)

=confusus Zetterstedt, 1838 nec 1843

=nigricornis Becker, 1917 et auctt. (misident., necMeigen, 1824)

discimanus Wahlberg,1851

=discifer var. b of Zetterstedt, 1849 (misident., nec Stannius, 1831)

=mucronatus Becker, 1917 

exiguusZetterstedt,1843[3]

festivusHaliday, 1832

=cilifemoratus Stannius, 1831 (nec Macquart, 1827)

=macquarti Staeger, 1842

fraterculus Zetterstedt,1843

fulgidus Fallén,1823

grandicornis Wahlberg, 1850

griseipennis Stannius,1831

=nitidus Macquart, 1827 (nec Fallén, 1823)

=subrutilus Zetterstedt, 1859

hilaris Loew,1862

inconspicuus Zetterstedt,1843

lancearius Hedström,1966

latilimbatus Macquart,1827

=vulgaris Stannius, 1831

latipennis Fallén,1823

lepidus Staeger,1842

=tibialis Zetterstedt, 1838[4]

=dissimilipes Zetterstedt, 1843 

=geniculatus Zetterstedt, 1843 (misident., nec Stannius, 1831)

=picipes Haliday, 1851 (misident., nec Meigen, 1824)

linearisMeigen,1824

=agilis Zetterstedt, 1849 (misident., nec Meigen, 1824)

=plebeius Meigen, 1824

=parvulus Zetterstedt, 1843

lineatocornisZetterstedt,1843

=fallaciosus Gerstacker, 1864

litorellus Zetterstedt, 1852

longicornisStannius,1831

=acuticornis Fallén, 1823 [p.p.] [et alii auctores, misident., nec Wiedemann, 1817]

longitarsisStannius,1831

=equestris Haliday, 1832

=cinctus Staeger, 1842

=staegeri Zetterstedt, 1843

maculicornis Verrall, 1875

=consobrinus Zetterstedt, 1859 (nec Haliday, 1851)

maculipennisZetterstedt,1843

mannerheimiZetterstedt,1838

mediicornis Verrall, 1875

meigeniLoew,1857

melanopusMeigen,1824

micropygusWahlberg,1850

=brachyurus Zetterstedt, 1859

migransZetterstedt,1843

=confusus Zetterstedt, 1843 nec 1838

=patellatus Stannius, 1831 (nec Fallén, 1823, nec Meigen, 1824)

nigripes Fallén, 1823

=melanopus Stannius, 1831 (misident., nec Meigen, 1824)

=falleni Loew, 1857

nitidus Fallén,1823

=ornatus Meigen, 1824

=jucundus Haliday, 1833

=azureus Macquart, 1834

=coeruleicollis Meigen, 1838

notatusStaeger,1842

=notabilis Zetterstedt, 1843

=puncticornis Zetterstedt, 1843

nubilusMeigen,1824

=pallipes Macquart, 1827

=actaeus Haliday, 1832

=inquinatus Haliday, 1832

parvicaudatus Zetterstedt, 1843

pectinitarsis Stenhammar,1851(3)

pennatus Meigen,1824

=popularis Fallén, 1823 (misident., nec Wiedemann, 1817)

=signatus Staeger, 1842 (misident., nec Meigen, 1824)

picipes Meigen,1824

=cyaneus Meigen, 1824

=fastuosus Haliday, 1832

planitarsisFallén,1823

plumipes(Scopoli, 1763) [Musca]

=pennitarsis Fallén, 1823

=planitarsis Meigen, 1824 (misident., nec Fallén, 1823)

plumitarsis Fallén, 1823

popularisWiedemann,1817

propinquus Zetterstedt, 1852[5]

=affinis Wahlberg, 1850 (nec Walker, 1849)

pseudomigrans Ringdahl,1928

=migrans Becker, 1917 (misident., nec Zetterstedt, 1843)

punctum Meigen,1824

=lepidus Zetterstedt, 1843 nec Staeger, 1842

remipesWahlberg, 1839

rupestrisHaliday,1833

=festinans Zetterstedt, 1838

=fuscimanus Zetterstedt, 1843

ruthei Loew, 1847

sabinusHaliday,1838

=pictus Staeger, 1842

signatusMeigen,1824

=argentifer Loew, 1859

signiferHaliday,1832

=pictipennis Wahlberg, 1850

=punctum Haliday, 1851 (misident., nec Meigen, 1824)

simplexMeigen,1824

=thalassinus Haliday, 1832

=vicinus Macquart, 1834

=modestusWahlberg,1850, syn.nov.[6]

spretus Loew, 1871

subpennatus d'Assis Fonseca, 1976

tanythrixLoew,1869

trivialisHaliday,1832

=intermedius Staeger, 1842

=camptopus Parent, 1913

=cilifemoratus Parent, 1926 (misident., nec Macquart, 1827; nec Stannius, 1831; nec Staeger, 1842)

ungulatus(Linnaeus,1758)[Musca]

=aeneus (de Geer, 1776) [Nemotelus, as "Nemotele"]

=bifurcatus Macquart, 1827

=subungulatus Stackelberg, 1933

urbanus Meigen,1824

virgultorum Haliday, 1851

=arbustorum Zetterstedt, 1843 (misident., nec Stannius, 1831)

vitripennisMeigen,1824

=tibiellus Zetterstedt, 1843

=brachycerus Zetterstedt, 1843

=braueri Nowicki, 1867

wahlbergi Zetterstedt,1843

zetterstedtiStenhammar,1852

Hercostomus Loew, 1857

aerosus(Fallén,1823)[Dolichopus]
=rhaphioides (Zetterstedt, 1838) [Chrysotus]
=dahlbomi (Zetterstedt, 1843) [as variation of Dolichopus aerosus Fallén, 1823]

angustifrons(Staeger,1842) [Dolichopus]

argentifrons Oldenberg, 1916

assimilis(Staeger,1842)[Dolichopus]

blankaartensisPollet, 1991 [1990]

brevicornis(Staeger,1842)[Dolichopus

=obscuripennis (Zetterstedt, 1843) [Dolichopus]

celer(Meigen, 1824) [Dolichopus

=sarus (Haliday, 1832) [Dolichopus]

chalybeus(Wiedemann,1817)[Dolichopus]

=cinereomaculatus (von Roser, 1840) [Dolichopus]

chetifer(Walker,1849)[Porphyrops]

=alutifer (Haliday, 1851) [Dolichopus]

=cretifer (Walker, 1856) [Porphyrops]

chrysozygos(Wiedemann,1817)[Dolichopus]

cupreus(Fallén,1823)[Dolichopus]

=albifrons (Zetterstedt, 1859) [Dolichopus]

fulvicaudis (Haliday,1851) [Sybistroma]

germanus(Wiedemann,1817) [Dolichopus]

=chaerophylli(Meigen, 1824) [Dolichopus]

gracilis(Stannius,1831) [Dolichopus

=bicolor Schiner & alii auctt. (misident., nec Macquart, 1827)

=bohemani Wahlberg, 1851 [Dolichopus]

infuscatus(Stannius,1831) [Dolichopus]

metallicus(Stannius,1831)[Dolichopus]

nanus(Macquart,1827) [Dolichopus]

=minimus (Zetterstedt, 1849) [Dolichopus]

=angustus (Loew, 1857) [Gymnopternus]

nigrilamellatus(Macquart,1827)[Dolichopus]

=nigrimaculatus (Curtis, 1829) [Dolichopus]

=atrovirens (Loew, 1859) [Gymnopternus]

nigripennis(Fallén,1823)[Dolichopus]

nigriplantis(Stannius,1831)[Dolichopus]

=subsimplicipes Verrall, 1912

nobilitatus(Linnaeus,1767)[Musca]

=joco (Harris, 1776) [Musca]

rothi (Zetterstedt, 1859) [Dolichopus]

=praecepsLoew, 1869

ruficauda (Zetterstedt, 1859) [Dolichopus]

sahlbergi(Zetterstedt, 1838) [Dolichopus]

Ortochile Latreille, 1809

nigrocoeruleaLatreille, 1809
=nigrocoerulescens Staeger, 1842 [Orthochile]
=coerulea Zetterstedt, 1843 [Orthochile]

=walkeri Rondani, 1859 [Orthochile]

Sybistroma Meigen, 1824

crinipesStaeger,1842
=pectinifera (Zeller,1842) [Dolichopus]
=crinicauda (Zetterstedt, 1849) [Dolichopus]

discipes(Germar,1817)[Dolichopus]

=patellata (Fallén, 1823) [Dolichopus]

=ventralis (Fallén, 1823) [Dolichopus]

=patellipes (Meigen, 1824) [Sybistroma]

obscurella(Fallén,1823)[Dolichopus]

=xanthogastra (Meigen, 1824) [Dolichopus]

=appendiculata (Macquart, 1827) [Medeterus]

Tachytrechus Haliday, 1851

ammobates(Haliday,1851)[Dolichopus]
=plumipes (Fallén, 1823) [Dolichopus] (nec Scopoli, 1763)
consobrinusHaliday,1851 [Dolichopus]

insignis(Stannius,1831)[Ammobates]

notatus(Stannius,1831) [Ammobates]

=litoreus (Haliday, 1833) [Dolichopus]

=beckeri (Müller, 1923) [Hercostomus] (nec Lichtwardt, 1917)

ociorLoew,1869

ripicolaLoew,1857

HYDROPHORINAE Lioy, 1864

Hydrophorus Fallén, 1823

albicepsFrey,1915
=binotatus British authors (misident., nec Fallén, 1823, nec Zetterstedt, 1849)
=confusus Frey, 1915

albosignatus Ringdahl,1919

alpinus Wahlberg,1844

altivagus Aldrich, 1911

=wahlgreni Frey, 1915 

=callosoma Frey, 1915

balticus (Meigen, 1824) [Medeterus]

=chloropus (von Roser, 1840) [Medeterus]

bipunctatus(Lehmann,1822) [Dolichopus]

=binotatus Fallén, 1823

borealisLoew,1857

=bipunctatus Zetterstedt, 1838 (misident., nec Lehmann, 1822)

=binotatus Zetterstedt, 1849

brunnicosus Loew, 1857

callostomus Loew,1857

freyi Storå, 1954

geminus Frey,1915

=impunctatus Frey, 1915

litoreus Fallén,1823

=aquaticus (Meigen, 1824) [Medeterus]

=conspersus (Haliday, 1832) [Medeterus]

=chloropus (Zetterstedt, 1843) [Medeterus] (nec von Roser, 1840)

nebulosusFallén,1823

=conspersus (Haliday, 1832) [Medeterus]

norvegicus Ringdahl,1928

oceanus (Macquart, 1838) [Medeterus]

=bisetus Loew, 1857

=inaequalipes Haliday, 1851 (misident., nec Macquart, 1834)

pectinatusGerstäcker,1864

=forcipatus Frey, 1915

pilipesFrey,1915

praecox(Lehmann,1822)[Dolichopus]

=inaequalipes (Macquart, 1834) [Medeterus]

=schoenherri (Zetterstedt, 1843) [Hydrochus]

=cinereus (Perris, 1847) [Aphrozeta] (nec Fabricius, 1805)

=vagus (Hutton, 1901) [Liancalus]

=breviventris Becker, 1902

rogenhoferiMik,1874

rufibarbis Gerstäcker,1864

=micans Frey, 1915

signifer Coquillett,1899

=magnicornis Frey, 1915

=kolaensis Frey, 1915

viridis (Meigen, 1824) [Medeterus]

=semiglaucus (Perris, 1850) [Aphrozeta]

=praecox Schiner, 1862 (misident., nec Lehmann, 1822)

=paulosetosus Becker, 1907

=beckeri Oldenberg, 1920

Liancalus Loew, 1857

virens(Scopoli,1763) [Musca]
=regius (Fabricius, 1805) [Dolichopus]

Peodes Loew, 1857

forcipatusLoew,1857

Scellus Loew, 1857

dolichocerusGerstäcker,1864
notatus(Fabricius,1781)[Musca]
=armiger (Fallén, 1823) [Hydrophorus]

spinimanus(Zetterstedt,1843.) [Hydrophorus]

=notatus (Zetterstedt, 1838, p.p.) [Hydrophorus] (misident., nec Fabricius, 1781)

Thinophilus Wahlberg, 1844

flavipalpis (Zetterstedt,1843) [Rhaphium]
ruficornis (Haliday,1838)[Medeterus]
=maculicornis (Zetterstedt, 1843) [Rhaphium]

versutus Haliday,1851

=maculipennis (Strobl, 1899) [Pseudacropsilus]

MEDETERINAE Lioy, 1864

Chrysotimus Loew, 1857

flaviventris(von Roser, 1840) [Chrysotus]
=concinnus (Zetterstedt, 1843) [Chrysotus]
molliculus(Fallén, 1823) [Dolichopus]

=laetus (Meigen, 1824) [Chrysotus]

Medetera Fischer von Waldheim, 1819

abstrusaThuneberg,1955
=apicalis Collin, 1941 (misident., nec Zetterstedt, 1843)
acanthura Negrobov & Thuneberg, 1970

adjaniaeGosseries,1989

=breviseta Parent, 1927 (nec Thomson, 1869)

=pinicola Nuorteva, 1956 (misident., nec Kowarz, 1877)

ambigua(Zetterstedt,1843) [Hydrophorus]

annulitarsa von Roser, 1840

=aenea von Roser, 1840

=dichaeta Kowarz, 1877

apicalis(Zetterstedt,1843)[Hydrophorus]

betulae Ringdahl,1949

borealis Thuneberg,1955

cuspidataCollin,1941

diadema(Linnaeus,1767) [Musca]

=rostrata (Fabricius, 1775) [Musca]

=carnivora Fischer von Waldheim, 1819

=aeneivittata (Macquart, 1827) [Hydrophorus]

=ehrenbergi Becker, 1923

dichroceraKowarz, 1877

excellensFrey,1909[7]

=thunebergi Negrobov, 1967

fasciata Frey, 1915

glauca Loew, 1869

*gracilicaudaParent, 1927

impigraCollin,1941

infumataLoew,1857[8]

=muralis (Zetterstedt,1843) [Hydrophorus] (misident., nec Meigen, 1824)

=bilineata Frey, 1915 [as variation of M. infumata Loew, 1857]

*inspissataCollin,