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A check list of species of the family Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of the World arranged by alphabetic list of generic names
by Igor Grichanov**
  • First published: 31 March 2003; Last updated: 8 March 2008
  • Hadromerella [genus] De Meijere, 1916: Tijdschr. Ent. 59: 253 * (subf. Sympycninae) // in subf. Peloropeodinae (Yang, Zhu, Wang & Zhang, 2006: World catalog of Dolichopodidae (Insecta: Diptera), Beijing: 330)]. Type species: Hadromerella setosa De Meijere, 1916 (monotypy)
  • Hadromerella antennata Hollis, 1964: Beaufortia 10(129): 272 ** Type locality: Indonesia: Java, Tjibodas. Oriental: Indonesia *
  • Hadromerella setosa De Meijere, 1916: Tijdschr.Ent. 59: 254 ** Type locality: Indonesia: Java, Tjibodas. Oriental: Indonesia *
  • Hadroscelus [genus] Becker, 1922: Capita zool. (Den Haag) 1(4): 113 (in subf. Campsicneminae) (nec Quendenfeldt, 1885) * Terpsimyia Dyte, 1975 (nom.nov.). Type species: Hadroscelus semicinctus Becker, 1922 (monotypy)
  • Hadroscelus semicinctus Becker, 1922: Capita zool. (Den Haag) 1(4): 113 ** Type locality: China: Taiwan, Anping. Oriental: China (Taiwan), Thailand * Terpsimyia
  • Hadroselus [F, v. Hadroscelus] genus [Becker, 1922: Capita zool. (Den Haag) 1(4): 239]
  • Halabia [F, v. Halaiba] genus [Bickel, 1994: Rec.austr.Mus., Suppl.21: 51]
  • Halaiba [genus] Parent, 1929: Bull.Soc.ent.Egypte 13: 56 (in subf. Rhaphiinae [as Raphiinae]) (subf. Dolichopodinae, Ulrich, 1980, Bonn. zool.Beitr. 31(3-4): 396). * Argyrochlamys Lamb, 1922 (Brooks, 2005: Zootaxa 857: 38). Type species: Halaiba cavicola Parent, 1929 (monotypy)
  • Halaiba breviseta Parent, 1939: Rev.Zool.Bot.afr. 32: 280 ** Type locality: Ghana. Afrotropical: Ghana * Argyrochlamys
  • Halaiba cavicola Parent, 1929: Bull.Soc.ent.Egypte 13: 57 ** Type locality: Sudan. Afrotropical: Sudan, Djibouti * Argyrochlamys
  • Haltericerus [genus] [F for Halteriphorus] [Parent, 1933: Ann.Soc.sci.Bruxelles (B)53: 328]
  • Haltericerus [genus] Rondani, 1856: Dipterol.ital.Prodr. 1: 143 (nom.nov. for Ludovicius Rondani, 1843) // syn. of Ludovicius Rondani, 1843 (Schiner, 1868: Reise Novara, Dipt.: 208) * Sybistroma Meigen, 1824 (Brooks, 2005: Zootaxa 857: 113). Type species: Ludovicius impar Rondani, 1843 (automatic)
  • Haltericerus dispar [F, v. impar] [Schiner, in: Redtenbacher & Schiner, 1862: Fauna austr. 1: 180, note]
  • Haltericerus eucerus Loew, 1861: Wien.ent.Mschr. 5(10): 311 ** Type locality: Spain. Palaearctic: France, Spain, Austria, Italy * Sybistroma
  • Haltericerus impar (Rondani,1843) [Ludovicius] (Rondani, 1856: Dipterol.ital.Prodr. 1: 143) * Sybistroma
  • Haltericerus setosus (Schiner, 1862) [Sybistroma] (Bigot, 1890: Ann.Soc.ent.France (6)10: 266) * Sybistroma
  • Haltericerus spathulatus Loew, 1861: Wien.ent.Mschr. 5(10): 313 ** Type locality: Spain: Andalusien. * Sybistroma dufouri (Macquart, 1838) (Parent, 1926: Ann.Soc.sci. Bruxelles 46 (C.r.): 206-207 [Ludovicius])
  • Halteriphorus [genus] Parent, 1933: Ann.Soc.sci.Bruxelles (B)53: 368 * (subf. Neurigoninae) Type species: Halteriphorus mirabilis Parent, 1933 (monotypy)
  • Halteriphorus mirabilis Parent, 1933: Ann.Soc.sci.Bruxelles, Ser.B, 53: 368 ** Type locality: New Zealand. Australian: New Zealand *
  • Hammobates [F, v. Ammobates] genus [Rondani, 1856: Dipterol.ital.Prodr. 1: 143]
  • Haodolichopodites [genus] (+) Hong, 2002: Amber insects of China (Beijing): 369 (in subf. Eodolichopoditinae) * Type species: Haodolichopodites fasciatus Hong, 2002 (orig. designation)
  • Haodolichopodites floricopulatus (+) Hong, 2002: Amber insects of China (Beijing): 370 *
  • Haplopharyngomyia [genus] Meuffels & Grootaert, 1999: Bull. Inst. r. Sci. nat. Belg., Entom. 69: 289 (nom. nov. for Haplopharynx Grootaert & Meuffels, 1998, nec Haplopharynx Meixner, 1938) * (incertae sedis) // [in subf. Rhaphiinae (Yang, Zhu, Wang & Zhang, 2006: World catalog of Dolichopodidae (Insecta: Diptera), Beijing: 340)]. Type species: Haplopharynx mutilus Grootaert & Meuffels, 1998 (automatic)
  • Haplopharyngomyia mutilus (Grootaert & Meuffels, 1998) [Haplopharynx] (Meuffels & Grootaert, 1999: Bull.Inst.r.Sci.nat.Belg., Entom. 69: 289) *
  • Haplopharyngomyia phangngensis (Grootaert & Meuffels, 1998) [Haplopharynx] (Meuffels & Grootaert, 1999: Bull.Inst.r.Sci.nat.Belg., Entom. 69: 289) *
  • Haplopharynx [genus] Grootaert & Meuffels, 1998: Studia dipterol. 5(2): 253 (incertae sedis) (nec Haplopharynx Meixner, 1938 * Haplopharyngomyia Meuffels & Grootaert, 1999 (nom.nov.). Type species: Haplopharynx mutilus Grootaert & Meuffels, 1998 (orig. des.)
  • Haplopharynx mutilus Grootaert & Meuffels, 1998: Studia dipterol. 5(2): 254 ** Type locality: Thailand: Songkhla. Oriental: Thailand * Haplopharyngomyia
  • Haplopharynx phangngensis Grootaert & Meuffels, 1998: Studia dipterol. 5(2): 258 ** Type locality: Thailand: Phang-Nga. Oriental: Thailand * Haplopharyngomyia
  • Harmstonia [genus] Robinson, 1964: Misc.Publ.ent.Soc.Amer. 4: 122 * (subf.Enliniinae) Type species: Harmstonia intricata Robinson, 1964 (original designation)
  • Harmstonia acuta Robinson, 1975: Smithson.Contr.Zool. 185: 59 ** Type locality: Jamaica: Runaway Bay. Neotropical: Jamaica *
  • Harmstonia attenuata Robinson, 1967: Proc.U.S.natl.Mus. 123(3615): 7 ** Type locality: Mexico: Guerrero. Neotropical: Mexico *
  • Harmstonia caburnica Botosaneanu & Vaillant, 1973: Res.Exped.biospeol.cuba-no-roum.Cuba 1973: 416 ** Type locality: Cuba. Neotropical: Cuba * Enlinia
  • Harmstonia clavicauda Robinson, 1967: Proc.U.S.natl.Mus. 123 (3615): 8 ** Type locality: Mexico: Chiapas. Neotropical: Mexico *
  • Harmstonia costaricensis Robinson, 1967: Proc.U.S.natl.Mus. 123 (3615): 10 ** Type locality: Costa Rica: Tumalba. Neotropical: Costa Rica *
  • Harmstonia ichilo Robinson & Woodley, 2005: Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 107(2): 436 ** HT [USNM] & 8PT [USNM; MNKM, Santa Cruz], Type locality: Santa Cruz Department, Ichilo Province, Hotel Flora y Fauna, 4-6 km SSE Buena Vista, 17°29.95'S, 63°33.15'W. Neotropical: Bolivia *
  • Harmstonia intricata Robinson, 1964: Misc.Publ.ent.Soc.Amer. 4: 123 ** HT in USNM. Type locality: USA: Tennessee, Knox Co., University of Tennessee Farm, nr Knoxville. Nearctic: USA: TN, NY, MD, VA *
  • Harmstonia jamaicensis Robinson, 1975: Smithson.Contr.Zool. 185: 60 ** Type locality: Jamaica: Gardwar Gap. Neotropical: Jamaica *
  • Harmstonia megalopyga Robinson, 1967: Proc.U.S.natl.Mus. 123 (publ.3615): 9 ** Type locality: Mexico: San Luis Potosi, Tamazunchale. Neotropical: Mexico *
  • Harmstonia obscura Robinson, 1967: Proc.U.S.natl.Mus. 123 (publ.3615): 6 ** Type locality: Mexico: Chiapas. Neotropical: Mexico *
  • Harmstonia ornata Robinson, 1967: Proc.U.S.natl.Mus. 123 (publ.3615): 11 ** Type locality: Mexico: Guerrero. Neotropical: Mexico *
  • Harmstonia pallida Robinson, 1967: Proc.U.S.natl.Mus. 123 (publ.3615): 6 ** Type locality: Mexico: San Luis Potosi. Neotropical: Mexico *
  • Harmstonia panamensis Robinson, 1975: Smithson.Contr.Zool. 185: 59 ** Type locality: Panama: Canal Zone. Neotropical: Panama *
  • Harmstonia pectinicauda Robinson, 1964: Misc.Publ.ent.Soc.Amer. 4: 123 ** HT in USNM. Type locality: USA: Virginia, Frederick Co. Nearctic: USA: VA; MEX; Neotropical: Mexico *
  • Harmstonia pubescens Robinson, 1967: Proc.U.S.natl.Mus. 123 (publ.3615): 13 ** Type locality: Mexico: Chiapas, near Pichucalco. Neotropical: Mexico *
  • Harmstonia recta Robinson, 1967: Proc.U.S.natl.Mus. 123 (publ.3615): 12 ** Type locality: Mexico: Hidalgo, Chapulhuacan. Neotropical: Mexico *
  • Harmstonia setosa Robinson, 1967: Proc.U.S.natl.Mus. 123 (publ.3615): 10 ** Type locality: Mexico: Hidalgo, Chapulhuacan. Neotropical: Mexico *
  • Harmstonia simplex Robinson, 1967: Proc.U.S.natl.Mus. 123 (publ.3615): 43 ** Type locality: Dominica. Neotropical: Dominica *
  • Harmstonia wirthi Robinson, 1975: Smithson.Contr.Zool. 185: 59 ** Type locality: Panama: Canal Zone. Neotropical: Panama *
  • Helichochaetus [genus] Parent, 1933: Ann.Soc.sci.Bruxelles (B)53: 354 (in subf.Hydrophorinae) * (subf. Hydrophorinae) Type species: Helichochaetus discifer Parent, 1933, monotypy.
  • Helichochaetus discifer Parent, 1933: Ann.Soc.sci.Bruxelles (B)53: 354 ** Type locality: New Zealand. Australian: New Zealand *
  • Helixocerus [genus] Lamb, 1929: Ins.Samoa 6(3): 137 * (subf. Sciapodinae) Type species: Helixocerus mendosum Lamb, 1929, monotypy.
  • Helixocerus koghis Bickel 2002: Mém.Mus.nat.Hist.natur., 187: 75 ** Type locality: New Caledonia: Mountain Koghis. Australian: New Caledonia *
  • Helixocerus mendosus Lamb, 1929: Ins.Samoa 6(3): 137 (-us; F -um) ** Type locality: American Samoa. Australian: American Samoa, Western Samoa *
  • Hemospathus [F, v. Nemospathus] genus [Bigot, 1888: Ann.Soc.ent.France (6)8: xxiv]
  • Hercostmus [F, v. Hercostomus] genus [Van Duzee, 1923: Psyche 30: 65]
  • Hercostomoides [genus] Meuffels & Grootaert, 1997: Studia dipterol. 4(2): 474 (in subf. Sympycninae) * (subf. Sympycninae) Type species: Telmaturgus indonesianus Hollis, 1964, orig. des.
  • Hercostomoides indonesianus (Hollis, 1964) [Telmaturgus] (Meuffels & Grootaert, 1997: Studia diperol. 4(2): 477) *
  • Hercostomus [genus] Loew, 1857: Progr.Realsch.Meseritz 1857: 9 * (subf. Dolichopodinae) Type species: Sybistroma longiventris Loew, 1857, orig. des.
  • Hercostomus abnormis Yang, 1996: Bull.Inst.r.Sci.nat.Belg., Entom. 66: 85 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Xingjiang, Yanqi. Palaearctic: China *
  • Hercostomus abortivus Parent, 1935: Ann.Mag.nat.Hist. (10)15: 520 ** Type locality: Malaysia: N. Borneo, Bettotan nr Sandakan. Oriental: Malaysia *
  • Hercostomus absimilis Yang & Grootaert, 1999: Bulletin de l Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles  de Belgique Entomologique 69: 254 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Yunnan, Jinghong. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus acutangulatus Yang & Saigusa, 1999: Bulletin de l Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Entomologique 69: 237 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Sichuan, Emeishan. Palaearctic: China; Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus acutatus Yang & Yang, 1995: Ins.of Baishanzu Mountain, Eastern China, 12: 513, 518 ** Type locality: China: Zhejiang, Baishanzu. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus acuticornutus Yang, Saigusa & Masunaga, 2002: Bulletin de l Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Entomologie 72: 238 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: Nepal: Gupa Pokali. Oriental: Nepal *
  • Hercostomus acutilobatus Liao, Zhou & Yang, 2006: Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Entomologie 76: 50 ** HT & 1PT [CAU, Beijing], Type locality: Guangxi: Dayaoshan national nature Reserve. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus acutus Yang & Saigusa, 2002: Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 49(1): 83 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Shaaim, Fuping. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus additus Parent, 1926: Enc.ent. (B II) Dipt. 3: 143 ** Type locality: China: Shanghai, "Zi-Ka-Wei" [Xujiahui]. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus aerosus (Fallen, 1823) [Dolichopus] (Becker, 1909: Wien. ent.Ztg. 28(9/10): 324 [aërosus]) * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus äerosus [F, v. aerosus] [Becker, 1924: Zool.Meded. (Leiden) 8: 120]
  • Hercostomus aerosus Becker, 1924: Zool.Meded. 8: 120 (nec Fallen, 1823) (Hennig, 1941: Ent.Beihefte 8: ...) * Hercostomus congruens Becker, 1922
  • Hercostomus afer (Rondani, 1873) [Dolichopus] (Dyte & Smith, 1980: Catal.Dipt.afrotrop.Reg. 1980: 450) * (in subg. Hercostomus)
  • Hercostomus albibarbus Negrobov, 1976: Nasek.Mongol. 4: 504 ** Type locality: Mongolia: Ubsu-Nurskij aimak, 30 km S Khajgasa. Palaearctic: Mongolia *
  • Hercostomus albiceps (Loew, 1861) [Gymnopternus] (Becker, 1922: Abh. zool.-bot.Ges.Wien 13(1) [1921]: 32) * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus albidipes Becker, 1922: Capita zool.(Den Haag) 1(4): 25 ** Type locality: China: Taiwan, "Chip-Chip" [= Chichi]. Oriental: China (Taiwan) *
  • Hercostomus albifrons (Zetterstedt, 1859) [Dolichopus] (Bezzi, 1903: Katal.paläarkt.Dipt. 2: 309) (nec Loew, 1859) * Hercostomus cupreus (Fallen, 1823)
  • Hercostomus albipodus Harmston & Knowlton, 1941: Canad.Ent. 73: 131 ** HT in USNM. Type locality: USA: Utah, Kanosh Canyon. Nearctic: USA: Utah *
  • Hercostomus aldrichi (Robinson, 1964) [Gymnopternus] * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus alutifer (Haliday, 1851) [Dolichopus] * Hercostomus chetifer (Walker, 1849)
  • Hercostomus amabilis Wei & Song, 2006: Insects from Chishui Spinulose Tree Fern Landscape: 316, 341 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** HT [Centre for Disease Prevention and Control of Anshun City, Guizhou, China], Type locality: Chishui National Nature Reserve, Guizhou, China. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus amoenus (Becker, 1922) [Phalacrosoma] (Brooks, 2005: Zootaxa 857: 64) * Phalacrosoma
  • Hercostomus anae Zhang, Yang & Masunaga, 2007: Entomologica Fennica 18(1): 33 ** HT [CAU, Beijing], Type locality: Beijing: Xiaolongmen Forest Park. Palaearctic: China *
  • Hercostomus analis (Macquart, 1834) [Dolichopus] (Parent, 1926: Ann.Soc.sci.Bruxelles 46 (C.r.): 209) * unrecognized
  • Hercostomus anarmastus [F, v. anarmostus] [Beutenmüller, 1904: Bull.amer.Mus.nat.Hist. 20: 94]
  • Hercostomus anarmostus Melander, 1900: Canad.Ent. 32: 139 ** HT in AMNH. Type locality: USA: Illinois, Chicago. Nearctic: USA: Illinois * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus ancistrus Yang & Yang, 1995: Ins.of Baishanzu Mountain, Eastern China 12: 512, 517 ** Type locality: China: Zhejiang, Baishanzu. Oriental: China * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus angustifrons (Staeger, 1842) [Dolichopus] (Lundbeck, 1912: Dipt. danica 4: 184) * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus angustifrons Stann. [F for Staeger] [Negrobov, 1965: Mater.zool. sov.Probl."biol.osn.Rekonstr.ratsion.Ispol.i Ochran.Fauny juzhn. eur.Tsh.SSSR": 411]
  • Hercostomus angustrifrons [F, v. angustifrons] [Negrobov, 1979: VII.internat.Symp.ü.Entomofaun.Mit-teleur., Verh.: 326]
  • Hercostomus angustus (Loew, 1857) [Gymnopternus] (Becker, 1917: N. Acta Acad.leop., Halle, 102: 204) * Hercostomus nanus (Macquart, 1827)
  • Hercostomus annulatus (Van Duzee, 1926) [Gymnopternus] * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus annulipes (Robinson, 1964) [Gymnopternus] * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus anomalipennis Stackelberg, 1933: in Lindner, Flieg.palaearkt.Reg. 4(5): 116 (in key), 127 ** Type locality: Uzbekistan: Kumak, Samarkand. Palaearctic: Uzbekistan, Tajikistan *
  • Hercostomus anomalocerus (Robinson, 1964) [Gymnopternus] * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus anormostus [F, v. anarmostus] [Becker, 1922: Capita zool. (Den Haag) 1(4): 32]
  • Hercostomus apicalis Bezzi, 1898 [F 1899]: Bull.Soc.ent.ital. 30: 45 (as a var. of Hercostomus chaerophylli Meigen, 1824) ** Type locality: Italy: "Raccosi a S. Franco sul Gran Sasso". Palaearctic: Italy * Hercostomus chaerophylli Meigen, 1824, subsp. (Negrobov, 1991: Catal.palaearct.Dipt. 7: 84)
  • Hercostomus apicilaris Yang & Grootaert, 1999: Bulletin de l Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles  de Belgique Entomologique 69: 257 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Yunnan, Menglun. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus apiciniger Yang & Grootaert, 1999: Bulletin de l Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles  de Belgique Entomologique 69: 258 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Yunnan, Mengla. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus apicispinus Yang & Saigusa, 2002: Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 49(1): 78 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Shaaim, Fuping. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus apiculatus Yang & Grootaert, 1999: Bulletin de l Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles  de Belgique Entomologique 69: 216 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Zhejiang, Tianmushan. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus apiculus Wei Lianmeng, 1997: Journal of Guizhou Agricultural College 16(4): 33 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Yunnan, Jizhushan. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus apollo (Loew, 1869) [Gymnopternus] (Bezzi, 1903: Katal. paläarkt.Dipt. 2: 309) *
  • Hercostomus appendiculatus (Loew, 1859) [Gymnopternus] (Bezzi, 1903: Katal.paläarkt.Dipt. 2: 309) *
  • Hercostomus arcticus Ding Yang, 1996: Dtsch.ent.Z. 43(2): 235 (in subgen. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Heilongjiang, Ningan. alaearctic: Russia, China; Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus argentifacies Parent, 1933: Ann.Soc.sci.Bruxelles (B)53: 347 ** Type locality: New Zealand. Australian: New Zealand *
  • Hercostomus argentifrons Oldenberg, 1916: Ent.Mitt. (Berlin-Dahlem) 5: 191 ** Type locality: Bozen [Alpes]. Palaearctic: Sweden, France, Italy *
  • Hercostomus argyraceus Negrobov & Chalaya, 1987: Nauch.Dokl.vyssh.Shk., Biol.Nauki 5: 43 ** Type locality: Kirgizia. Palaearctic: Kirgizia *
  • Hercostomus argyreus (Wei & Liu, 1996) [Phalacrosoma] (Brooks, 2005: Zootaxa 857: 64) * Phalacrosoma
  • Hercostomus argyropus argyropus (Loew, 1858) [Gymnopternus] (Becker, 1923: Ent. Mitt. (Berlin-Dahlem) 12(1): 4) * (in subg. Hercostomus)
  • Hercostomus argyropus par Parent, 1934: Bull.Soc.ent.Egypte 18: 129 [as Hercostomus par] (Grichanov, 1999: Int.J.dipterol.Research 10(1): 8) * (in subg. Hercostomus)
  • Hercostomus armeniorum Stackelberg, 1933 [F 1934]: in Lindner, Flieg. palaearkt. Reg. 4(5): 119 (in key) [description: 1934: 130 (armenorum)] ** HT in ZIN [St.Petersburg]. Type locality: Armenia: Erivan. Palaearctic: Armenia, Azerbaijan; Russia: Adygea, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachai-Cherkessia, Krasnodar, Kursk * Poecilobothrus
  • Hercostomus armenorum [F, v. armeniorum] [Stackelberg, 1934: in Lindner, Flieg.palaearkt.Reg. 4(5): 130]
  • Hercostomus assimilis (Staeger, 1842) [Dolichopus] * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus atrovirens (Loew, 1859) [Gymnopternus] (Strobl, 1893: Mitt.naturw.Ver.Steierm. 29 [1892]: 137) * Hercostomus nigrilamellatus (Macquart, 1827)
  • Hercostomus aurifacies Parent, 1933: Ann.Soc.sci.Bruxelles (B)53: 346 ** Type locality: New Zealand. Australian: New Zealand *
  • Hercostomus aurifer (Thomson, 1869) [Dolichopus] (Aldrich, 1905: Smithson.misc.Coll. 46(2) (Publ.1444): 306) *
  • Hercostomus autumnalis Parent, 1935: Ann.Mag.nat.Hist. (10)15: 520 ** Type locality: Malaysia: Kudat, N Borneo. Oriental: Malaysia *
  • Hercostomus baishanzuensis Ding Yang & Chikun Yang, 1995: Ins.of Baishanzu Mountain, Eastern China, 12: 515, 518 ** Type locality: China: Zhejiang, Baishanzu. Oriental: China, Nepal *
  • Hercostomus baishuihensis Yang & Saigusa, 2001: Bull.Inst.r.Sci.nat.Belg., Entom. 71: 210 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Yunnan, Lijiang. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus bakeri Frey, 1928: Notul.ent. 8: 21 ** Type locality: Philippines: Mt Makiling, Luzon. Oriental: Philippines *
  • Hercostomus balensis Grichanov, 2004: Rev. Afrotrop. Dolichopodinae (Plant Prot. News Suppl., St.Petersburg): 29 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: Ethiopia: Bale, Adaba. Afrotropical: Ethiopia *
  • Hercostomus balgoderovi [F, v. blagoderovi] [Yang, Zhu, Wang & Zhang, 2006: World catalog of Dolichopodidae: 150]
  • Hercostomus barbatulus (Loew, 1861) [Gymnopternus] (Becker, 1922: Abh.zool.-bot.Ges.Wien 13(1) [1921]: 32) * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus basalis Ding Yang, 1996: Dtsch.ent.Z. 43(2): 237 (in subgen. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Xinjiang, Zaosu. Palaearctic: China *
  • Hercostomus basantapuranus Yang, Saigusa & Masunaga, 2002: Bulletin de l Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Entomologie 72: 237 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: Nepal: Basantapur. Oriental: Nepal *
  • Hercostomus basiflavus Yang, 1996: Entomofauna 17(18): 317 ** Type locality: China: Zhejiang, Gutianshan. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus basilicus (Loew, 1869) [Gymnopternus] (Negrobov, 1991: Catal.palaearct.Dipt. 7: 93 [in subg. Poecilobothrus]) * Poecilobothrus
  • Hercostomus bauckhorni (+) (Meunier, 1915) [Gymnopternus] (Evenhuis, 1994: Catal.fossil Flies: 363) *
  • Hercostomus beckeri Müller, 1923 [F 1924]: Verh.zool.-bot.Ges.Wien 73: 85 ** Type locality: Italy: "Gardasee". * Tachytrechus notatus (Stannius, 1831) (Parent, 1927: Ann. Soc.ent.France 96: 229)
  • Hercostomus beijingensis Yang, 1996: Entomofauna 17(18): 318 ** Type locality: China: Beijing, Yingtaogou. Palaearctic: China; Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus biancistrus Yang & Saigusa, 2001: Bull.Inst.r.Sci.nat.Belg., Entom. 71: 229 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Yunnan, Pingbian. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus bicingulatus (Zetterstedt, 1859) [Dolichopus] (Strobl, 1892: Wien.ent.Ztg. 11: 103) * Hercostomus fulvicaudis (Haliday, 1851) [or Hercostomus praeceps Loew, 1869]
  • Hercostomus bickeli (+) (Evenhuis, 1994: 361) [Dolichopus] (Grichanov, 1997: Paleontol. zhurn. 5: 83) * Prohercostomus
  • Hercostomus bicolor (Macquart, 1827) [Dolichopus] (Bezzi, 1903: Katal. paläarkt.Dipt. 2: 311) * unrecognized.
  • Hercostomus bicolor Schiner & alii auctt. (Collin, 1940: Ent.monthly Mag. 76 [= ser.4, vol.1]: 264) (nec Macquart, 1827) * Hercostomus gracilis (Stannius, 1831) (Lundbeck, 1912: Dipt.danica 4: 171; Collin, 1940: Ent.monthly Mag. 76 [= ser.4, vol.1]: 264)
  • Hercostomus bicolor Yang & Saigusa, 2001: Bull.Inst.r.Sci.nat.Belg., Entom. 71: 223 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Yunnan, Luchun. Oriental: China * ?deserves a new name
  • Hercostomus biepharopus [F, v. blepharopus] [Yang, Zhu, Wang & Zhang, 2006: World catalog of Dolichopodidae: 150]
  • Hercostomus bigeminatus Yang & Grootaert, 1999: Bulletin de l Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles  de Belgique Entomologique 69: 255 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Yunnan, Mengyang. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus bigoti (Mik, 1883) [Poecilobothrus] * Poecilobothrus
  • Hercostomus binatus Yang, 1999: Bulletin de l Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Entomologique 69: 209 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Henan, Nebdang. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus binotatus De Meijere, 1916: Tijdschr.Ent. 59: 234 ** Type locality: Indonesia: Java. Oriental: Indonesia *
  • Hercostomus bispinifer Yang & Saigusa, 1999: Bulletin de l Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Entomologique 69: 238 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Sichuan, Emeishan. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus bitinctus Becker, 1922: Capita zool. (Den Haag) 1(4): 31 ** Type locality: India: Mangaldai, NE Assam. Oriental: India *
  • Hercostomus blagoderovi Grichanov, 1999: Int.J.dipterol.Research 10(1): 12 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: Kenya. Afrotropical: Kenya *
  • Hercostomus blandulus Parent, 1932: Stettin.ent.Ztg. 93: 237 ** Type locality: China: Taiwan. Oriental: China (Taiwan) * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus blankaartensis Pollet, 1991: Syst.Entomology [1990] 15: 374 (in subg. Gymnopternus) ** Type locality: Belgium: West Flanders, Woumen, De Blankaart Nature Reserve. Palaearctic: Sweden, England, Belgium, France, Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands, Czech, Hungary, Ukraine * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus blepharopus Loew, 1871 [F 1870]: Izv.imp.Obshch.Lyub.Estest.Antrop.Etnogr.Moscau 9(1): 57 ** Type locality: Tajikistan: Zeravshan valley. Palaearctic: Germany, ?Romania, Russia, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan *
  • Hercostomus bohemani (Wahlberg, 1851) [Dolichopus] (Bezzi, 1903: Katal. paläarkt.Dipt. 2: 311) * Hercostomus gracilis (Stannius, 1831)
  • Hercostomus bohemanni [F, v. bohemani] [Becker, 1917: N.Acta Acad.leop., Halle 102: 209, 210]
  • Hercostomus bomiensis Ding Yang, 1996: Ann.Soc.ent.France (n.S.) 32(4): 412 ** Type locality: China: Tibet, Bomi. Oriental: China * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus brevicercus Yang & Saigusa, 2001: Bull.Inst.r.Sci.nat.Belg., Entom. 71: 241 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Yunnan, Yunlong. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus brevicornis (Staeger, 1842) [Dolichopus] (Lundbeck, 1912: Dipt.danica 4: 187) * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus brevicornis Zhang, Yang, Grootaert, 2008: The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 56(1): 21 ** HT [ZRC, Singapore], 42 PT [ZRC, Singapore; RBINS, Brussels; IOZ, Beijing]. Type locality: Singapore: Sungei Buloh. Oriental: Singapore *
  • Hercostomus brevidigitalis Zhang, Yang, Grootaert, 2008: The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 56(1): 18 ** HT [ZRC, Singapore], 151 PT [ZRC, Singapore; RBINS, Brussels; IOZ, Beijing]. Type locality: Singapore: Pulau Ubin, Chek Jawa. Oriental: Singapore *
  • Hercostomus brevifurcatus Yang & Saigusa, 2001: Bull.Inst.r.Sci.nat.Belg., Entom. 71: 242 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Yunnan, Yunlong. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus brevilobatus Yang, Saigusa & Masunaga, 2002: Bulletin de l Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Entomologie 72: 241 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: Nepal: Papun-Thumkpa. Oriental: Nepal *
  • Hercostomus brevipes Van Duzee, 1933: Amer.Mus.Nov. 599: 17 (in subg. Gymnopternus) ** HT in AMNH. Type locality: USA: Iowa; Ames City. Nearctic: USA: CO, IA * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus brevipilosus Yang & Saigusa, 2002: Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 49(1): 65 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Shaanxi, Fuping. Palaearctic: China; Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus brevis Yang, 1997: Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 44(2): 148 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Zhejiang, Longwangshan. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus brevispinus Yang & Saigusa, 2001: Bull.Inst.r.Sci.nat.Belg., Entom. 71: 218 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Yunnan, Pingbian. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus breviventris Parent, 1941: Ann.Mag.nat.Hist. (11)7: 217 ** Type locality: Bolamputti Valley, Coimbatore, S India. Oriental: India *
  • Hercostomus briarea (Wei & Liu, 1996) [Phalacrosoma] (Brooks, 2005: Zootaxa 857: 64) * Phalacrosoma
  • Hercostomus browni Van Duzee, 1933: Amer.Mus.Nov. 599: 18 (in subg. Gymnopternus) ** HT in CNC. Type locality: Canada: Quebec, Bradore Bay. * Hercostomus scotias (Loew, 1861) (Curran, 1933: Amer.Mus.Nov. 682: 2 [Gymnopternus])
  • Hercostomus brunneifacies Robinson, 1960: Ohio J.Sci. 60: 273 ** HT in ?USNM (Robinson collection). Type locality: USA: New York, Bronx, Bronx Park. Nearctic: USA: TX, NY, WV, SC * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus brunneipygus (De Meijere, 1916) [Gymnopternus] (Becker, 1922: Capita zool. (Den Haag) 1(4): 31) *
  • Hercostomus brunus Wei Lianmeng, 1997: Journal of Guizhou Agricultural College 16(2): 41 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Guizhou, Anshun. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus bururiensis Vanschuytbroeck (nom.nud.) in Grichanov, 1999: 9 * Hercostomus congoensis (Curran, 1925) (Grichanov, 1999: Int.J.dipterol.Research 10(1): 9)
  • Hercostomus cacheae Harmston & Knowlton, 1941: Canad.Ent. 73: 131 **  HT in USNM. Type locality: USA: Utah, Avon- Liberty road, approx. 5 mi S of Avon, extreme S end of Cache Valley. Nearctic: Canada, USA: BC, WA, OR, CA, ID, UT, WY *
  • Hercostomus caecus Becker, 1922: Capita zool. (Den Haag) 1(4): 30 ** Type locality: India: Darjeeling, E. Himalasyas. Oriental: India *
  • Hercostomus caixiae Zhang, Yang & Grootaert, 2003: Bulletin de l'Instltut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Entomologie, 73: 191 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Beijing, Xiaolongmen. Palaearctic: China *
  • Hercostomus calcaratus Stackelberg, 1931: Arch.Hydrobiol. (Stuttgart), Suppl. 8: 771 ** Type locality: Indonesia: Java. Oriental: Indonesia *
  • Hercostomus californicus (Van Duzee, 1920) [Gymnopternus] * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus campsicnemoides (Robinson, 1964) [Gymnopternus] * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus canariensis Santos Abreu, 1929: Mem.Acad.Barcelona (3)21: 386 ** Type locality: Spain: Canary Is., La Palma. Palaearctic: Spain (Canary Is.) * Hercostomus exarticulatus (Loew, 1857) (Frey, 1936: Comment.biol. 6(1): 70)
  • Hercostomus caprivi Grichanov, 2004: Rev. Afrotrop. Dolichopodinae (Plant Prot. News Suppl., St.Petersburg): 31 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: Namibia: West Caprivi Park, Kwando River: Susuwe. Afrotropical: Namibia *
  • Hercostomus caucasicus Stackelberg, 1933 [F 1934]: in Lindner, Flieg. palaearkt. Reg. 4(5): 123 (in key) (descr.: 1934: 133) ** Types in ZIN [St.Petersburg]. Type locality: "Caucasus: Amgata, Kuban-Gebiet; Flus Kluchor, Suchum-Distr.; Berg Maruch bei Tshhalta, Suchum-Distr.; Station Kobi, Gouv. Tiflis; Armenien". Palaearctic: Abkhazia, Armenia, Georgia; Kyrgyzstan; S Russia: Adygea, Alania, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachai-Cherkessia, Krasnodar, Stavropol’; Turkey *
  • Hercostomus caudatus (Loew, 1859) [Gymnopternus] (Bezzi,1898: Bull. Soc.ent.ital. 30: 46) *
  • Hercostomus celer (Meigen, 1824) [Dolichopus] (Lundbeck, 1912: Dipt.danica 4: 185) * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus cerutias [F for Hydrophorus] [Parent, 1929: Ann.Soc.sci.Bruxelles, Ser.B, 49: 170]
  • Hercostomus chabybeus [F, v. chalybeus] [Parent, 1927: Ann.Soc.ent.France 96: 221]
  • Hercostomus chaerophilli [F, v. chaerophylli] [Negrobov, 1967: Zool.Zhurn. 46(7): 1076]
  • Hercostomus chaerophyli [F, v. chaerophylli] [Olejnicek, 1987: in Jezek, Acta faun.entom.Mus. nat.Pragae 18: 139]
  • Hercostomus chaerophylli (Meigen, 1824) [Dolichopus] (Mik, 1880: Verh.zool.-bot.Ges.Wien 30 (Abh.): 593) // syn. of Hercostomus conformis (Loew, 1857) (Collin, 1940: Ent.monthly Mag. 76 [= ser.4, vol.1]: 264), or Hercostomus germanus (Wiedemann, 1817) (Parent, 1925: Enc.ent. (B II) Dipt. 2: 53, 57) * Hercostomus germanus (Wiedemann, 1817) (Chandler, 1998: Checklists of Insects of the British Isles (N.Ser.), P. 1: Diptera: 91)
  • Hercostomus chaerophylli Verrall, 1904: [?]Ent.monthly Mag. 15: 244; Becker, 1917: N.Acta Acad.leop., Halle 102: 211; et alii auctores (misident., nec Meigen, 1824) * Hercostomus conformis (Loew, 1857) [Parent, 1938: Faune de France 35: 161]
  • Hercostomus chaetifer [F, v. chetifer] [Hollis, 1964: Beaufortia 10(129): 255]
  • Hercostomus chaetilamellatus Harmston & Knowlton, 1941: Canad.Ent. 73: 127 **  HT in SEMC. Type locality: USA: California, Orange Co. Nearctic: USA: California *
  • Hercostomus chaeturus Yang & Grootaert, 1999: Bulletin de l Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Entomologique 69: 259 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Yunnan, Menglun. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus chalcochrus (Loew, 1864) [Gymnopternus] (Becker, 1922: Abh. zool.-bot.Ges.Wien 13(1) [1921]: 32 [ohalcochrus]) * Hercostomus spectabilis (Loew, 1861)
  • Hercostomus chalybaeus [F, v. chalybeus] [Frey, 1915: Acta Soc.Fauna Flora fenn. 40(5): 29]
  • Hercostomus chalybeus (Wiedemann, 1817) [Dolichopus] (Lundbeck, 1912: Dipt. danica 4: 189 (in subg. Gymnopternus); Becker, 1917: N. Acta Acad.leop., Halle, 102: 212) * Ethiromyia
  • Hercostomus chetifer (Walker, 1849) [Porphyrops] *
  • Hercostomus chiaiensis Zhang, Yang & Masunaga, 2005(2004): Entomological News, 115(4): 219 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Taiwan, Chiai. Oriental: China (Taiwan) *
  • Hercostomus chiliwanus Yang, Saigusa & Masunaga, 2002: Bulletin de l Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Entomologie 72: 224 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: Nepal: Chiliwa-Shibku. Oriental: Nepal *
  • Hercostomus chrysozygos (Wiedemann, 1817) (-os; F -us) [Dolichopus] (Mik, 1880: Verh.zool.-bot.Ges.Wien 30 (Abh.): 593) * Poecilobothrus
  • Hercostomus cinereomaculatus (von Roser, 1840) [Dolichopus] * Hercostomus chalybeus (Wiedemann, 1817)
  • Hercostomus civilis (Kowarz, 1868) [Gymnopternus] (Negrobov, 1991: Catal.Dipt.palaearct.Reg. 7: 93 [in subg. Poecilobothrus]) * Poecilobothrus principalis (Loew, 1861)
  • Hercostomus clarus (Loew, 1871) [Gymnopternus] (Negrobov, 1991: Catal.palaearct.Dipt. 7: 93 [in subg. Poecilobothrus]) * Poecilobothrus
  • Hercostomus clavatus Wei, 1997: Journal of Guizhou Agricultural College 16(4): 33 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Guizhou, Fanjingshan. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus collectivus Yang & Grootaert, 1999: Bulletin de l Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles  de Belgique Entomologique 69: 215 (in subg. Gymnopternus) ** Type locality: China: Zhejiang, Tianmushan. Oriental: China * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus coloradensis Harmston, 1952: Proc.ent.Soc.Wash. 54: 286 ** HT in USNM. Type locality: USA: Colorado, Boulder. Nearctic: USA: AZ, CO, NM *
  • Hercostomus comitialis (Kowarz, 1867) [Gymnopternus] (Negrobov,1991: Catal.Dipt.palaearct.Reg. 7: 93 [in subg. Poecilobothrus]) * Poecilobothrus
  • Hercostomus completus Yang, Saigusa & Masunaga, 2002: Bulletin de l Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Entomologie 72: 222 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: Nepal: Papun. Oriental: Nepal *
  • Hercostomus compositus Becker, 1922: Capita zool. (Den Haag) 1(4): 27 ** Type locality: India: Bombay. Oriental: India *
  • Hercostomus comsus Wei & Song, 2005: Insects from Xishui Landscape: 425, 440 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** HT & 4 PT [Sanitation and Anti-Epidemic Station of Anshun City, Guizhou, China], Type locality: Linjiang National Nature Reserve, Xishui County, Guizhou, China; Chishui Alsophla National Nature Reserve, Guizhou, China. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus concavus Yang & Saigusa, 1999: Bulletin de l Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Entomologique 69: 239 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Sichuan, Emeishan. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus concisus Yang & Saigusa, 2002: Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 49(1): 84 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Shaanxi, Fuping. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus conformis (Loew, 1857) [Gymnopternus] *
  • Hercostomus conglomeratus Wei & Song, 2006: Insects from Chishui Spinulose Tree Fern Landscape: 324, 342 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** HT & 6PT [Centre for Disease Prevention and Control of Anshun City, Guizhou, China], Type locality: Chishui National Nature Reserve, Guizhou, China. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus congoensis (Curran, 1925) [Dolichopus] (Grichanov, 1999: Int.J.dipterol.Research 10(1): 8) * (in subg. Hercostomus)
  • Hercostomus congruens Becker, 1922: Capita zool. (Den Haag) 1(4): 29 ** Type locality: China: Taiwan, "Toa Tsui kutsu and Macuwama". Palaearctic: China; Oriental: China * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus consanguineus Harmston, 1952: Proc.ent.Soc.Wash. 54: 287 ** HT in USNM. Type locality: USA: Washington, Olympia. Nearctic: USA: Washington * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus constrictus (Robinson, 1964) (comb.nov.) [Gymnopternus] * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus convergens (Loew, 1857) [Gymnopternus] *
  • Hercostomus convergens (Van Duzee, 1920) [Gymnopternus] (nec Loew, 1857, nec Becker, 1908) * Hercostomus synolcus Steyskal, 1966.
  • Hercostomus convergens Becker, 1908: Mitt.zool.Mus.Berlin 4: 49 (nec Loew, 1857) * Hercostomus insularum Becker, 1917 (nom.nov.)
  • Hercostomus costalis Van Duzee, 1923: Psyche 30: 65 [Hercostmus] ** HT in CAS. Type locality: Canada: Ontario, Toronto. Nearctic: Canada, USA: CA, MN, IA, WI, ON, MI, IN, OH, NY *
  • Hercostomus costatus (Loew, 1857) [Gymnopternus] *
  • Hercostomus coxalis (Loew, 1864) [Gymnopternus] (Becker, 1922: Abh.zool.-bot.Ges.Wien 13(1) [1921]: 32) * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus crassicauda (Loew, 1861) [Gymnopternus] (Becker, 1922: Abh. zool.-bot.Ges.Wien 13(1) [1921]: 32) * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus crassiseta Yang & Saigusa, 2001: Bull.Inst.r.Sci.nat.Belg., Entom. 71: 244 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Yunnan, Xiaguan. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus crassisetosus Yang & Saigusa, 2001: Bull.Inst.r.Sci.nat.Belg., Entom. 71: 193 (in subg. Gymnopternus) ** Type locality: China: Yunnan, Pingbian. Oriental: China * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus crassivena Stackelberg, 1933 [F 1934]: in Lindner, Flieg.palaearkt.Reg. 4(5): 118 (in key) (descr. ibid.: 1934: 139) ** Type locality: China: "Chuan-tshin, Ost-Nanshanj". Palaearctic: China; Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus cretifer (Walker, 1856) [Porphyrops] (Loew, 1857: Progr. Realsch.Meseritz 1857:9) * Hercostomus chetifer (Walker, 1849)
  • Hercostomus cryptus Harmston & Knowlton, 1941: Canad.Ent. 73: 130 ** HT in USNM. Type locality: USA: Utah, nr Manila, Sheep Creek. Nearctic: USA: UT, WY, NE *
  • Hercostomus cucullus Wei, 1997: Journal of Guizhou Agricultural College 16(2): 41 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Guizhou, Anshun. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus cumberlandensis (Robinson, 1964) [Gymnopternus] * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus cuneicornis (Robinson, 1964) [Gymnopternus] * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus cuprens [F, v. cupreus] [Olejnicek, 1987: in Jezek, Acta Faun.entom.Mus.nat. Pragae 18: 139]
  • Hercostomus cupreus (Fallen, 1823) [Dolichopus] (in subg. Gymnopternus) * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus currani Van Duzee, 1930: Amer.Mus.Nov. 439: 4 [Hercostomus (Gymnopternus)] ** HT in AMNH.Type locality: USA: Connecticut, Avon, Avon Old Farms. Nearctic: USA: NY, PA,VA, CT, NH, NS * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus curvarmatus Yang & Saigusa, 2000: Bull.Inst.r.Sci.nat.Belg., Entom. 70: 227 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Sichuan, Emeishan. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus curvativus Yang & Saigusa, 1999: Bulletin de l Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Entomologique 69: 239 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Sichuan, Emeishan. Oriental: China, Laos *
  • Hercostomus curvatus Yang, 1997: Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 44(2): 149 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Zhejiang, Longwangshan. Oriental: China * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus curvilobatus Yang & Saigusa, 2002: Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 49(1): 75 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Shaaim, Zuoshui. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus curviphallus Yang & Saigusa, 2002: Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 49(1): 77 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Shaaim, Fuping. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus curviseta Yang & Saigusa, 2002: Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 49(1): 73 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Shaaim, Fuping. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus curvispinosus Yang & Saigusa, 1999: Bulletin de l Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Entomologique 69: 240 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Sichuan, Emeishan. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus curvispinus Yang & Saigusa, 2000: Bull.Inst.r.Sci.nat.Belg., Entom. 70: 219 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Sichuan, Emeishan. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus curvus Yang & Saigusa, 2002: Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 49(1): 85 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Shaaim, Fuping. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus cuspidicercus Olejníèek, 2004: Acta Zoologica Universitatis Comenianae, Bratislava 46(1): 9 ** Type locality: China: Shaaim, Qinling, Xunyangba. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus cuspidiger Yang & Saigusa, 2000: Insects of the Mountains Funiu and Dabie regions: 194 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Henan, Luoshan. Oriental: China. *
  • Hercostomus cyaneculus Wei, 1997: Journal of Guizhou Agricultural College 16(2): 41 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Yunnan, Dali. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus cylindripyga Stackelberg, 1931: Arch.Hydrobiol.(Stuttgart), Suppl. 8: 773 ** Type locality: Indonesia: Sec Bedali. E. Java. Oriental: Indonesia *
  • Hercostomus cyphus Wei & Song, 2006: Insects from Chishui Spinulose Tree Fern Landscape: 319, 341 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** HT & 5PT [Centre for Disease Prevention and Control of Anshun City, Guizhou, China], Type locality: Chishui National Nature Reserve, Guizhou, China. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus cypricus [F, v. cyprius] [Negrobov, 1991: Catal.palaearct.Dipt. 7: 85]
  • Hercostomus cyprius Parent, 1937: Bull.Ann.Soc.ent.Belg. 77: 125 ** Type locality: Cyprus ("J. de Chypre, Nicosia"). Palaearctic: Cyprus *
  • Hercostomus dacicus Pârvu, 1991: Trav.Mus.Hist.nat.Gr.Antipa 31: 127 ** Type locality: Romania: Baile Herculane (Caras-Severin County). Palaearctic: Romania *
  • Hercostomus dactylocera (Grootaert & Meuffels, 2001) [Steleopyga]  (Brooks, 2005: Zootaxa 857: 64) *
  • Hercostomus dahlbomi (Zetterstedt, 1843) [Dolichopus aerosus Fallen, 1823, var.] (Lundbeck, 1912: Dipt.danica 4: 193) // F: as a var. of Hercostomus "microcerus Wied." (Vanschuytbroeck, 1951: Explor.Parc nat.Albert 74: 63) * Hercostomus aerosus (Fallen, 1823)
  • Hercostomus daubichensis Stackelberg, 1933 [F 1934]: in Lindner, Flieg.palaearkt.Reg. 4(5): 121 (in key) (descr.: ibid. 1934: 140) ** Type locality: Russia: "Ussuri-Gebiet, Dorf Jakovlevka, Distrikt Spassk". Palaearctic: Russia *
  • Hercostomus daweishanus Yang & Saigusa, 2001: Bull.Inst.r.Sci.nat.Belg., Entom. 71: 167 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Yunnan, Daweishan. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus debilis (Loew, 1861) [Gymnopternus] (Becker, 1922: Abh.zool.-bot.Ges.Wien 13(1) [1921]: 32) * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus dentalis Yang, 1997. Bull. Inst. R. Sci. Nat. Belg. Ent. 67: 136  (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Tibet, Bomi. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus dentatus Yang, Saigusa & Masunaga, 2002: Bulletin de l Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Entomologie 72: 228 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: Nepal: Papun-Thumkpa. Oriental: Nepal *
  • Hercostomus despicatus (Loew, 1861) [Gymnopternus] (Becker, 1922: Abh.zool.-bot.Ges.Wien 13(1) [1921]: 32) * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus devinctus (+) (Meunier, 1907) [Gymnopternus] (Evenhuis, 1994: Catal.fossil Flies: 363) *
  • Hercostomus dichromopyga Stackelberg, 1933 [F 1934]: in Lindner, Flieg.palaearkt.Reg. 4(5): 116 (in key) (descr.: ibid. 1934: 141) ** Type locality: Russia: "Station-Tigrovaja, Sutshan-Distr., Ussuri-Gebiert". Palaearctic: Russia, Mongolia *
  • Hercostomus difficilis (Loew, 1861) [Gymnopternus] (Becker, 1922: Abh.zool.-bot.Ges.Wien 13(1) [1921]: 32) * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus digitatus Yang, 1997: Studia dipterol. 4(1): 115 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Yunnan, Ruili. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus digitiformis Yang & Grootaert, 1999: Bulletin de l Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles  de Belgique Entomologique 69: 256 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Yunnan, Menglun. Oriental: China, Laos *
  • Hercostomus dilatitarsis Stackelberg, 1949: Trudy zool.Inst.Akad.Nauk SSSR 8: 687 (in subg. Microhercostomus) ** Type locality: Tajikistan: Kondara. Valley Varzob. Gissar Ridge. Palaearctic: China, Tajikistan *
  • Hercostomus dimidiatus Curran, 1939: Amer.Mus.Nov. 1030: 1 ** Type locality: Zimbabwe. Afrotropical: Zimbabwe *
  • Hercostomus directus (Walker, 1849) [Dolichopus] (Grichanov, 1999: Int.J.dipterol.Research 10(1): 9) * (in subg. Hercostomus)
  • Hercostomus discriminatus Parent, 1925: Bull.Soc.r.Ent.Egypte 9: 187 ** Type locality: Morocco: Favier, Environs de Tanger. Palaearctic: Spain, Morocco *
  • Hercostomus disjectus Curran, 1926: Ann.s.afr.Mus. 23: 397 ** Type locality: South Africa. Afrotropical: South Africa, ?Tanzania *
  • Hercostomus dissectus Yang & Saigusa, 1999: Bulletin de l Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Entomologique 69: 241 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Sichuan, Emeishan. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus dissimilis Yang & Saigusa, 1999: Bulletin de l Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Entomologique 69: 242 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Sichuan, Emeishan. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus dorsalis (Van Duzee, 1914) [Neurigona] (Robinson, 1964: Misc.Publ.ent.Soc.Amer. 4: 157) * Hercostomus tibialis (Van Duzee, 1913)
  • Hercostomus dorsalis Yang & Saigusa, 2001: Bull.Inst.r.Sci.nat.Belg., Entom. 71: 194 (in subg. Gymnopternus) ** Type locality: China: Yunnan, Lushui. Oriental: China * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus dorsiniger Yang & Saigusa, 2001: Bull.Inst.r.Sci.nat.Belg., Entom. 71: 223 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Yunnan, Luchun. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus dorsiseta Yang & Saigusa, 2001: Bull.Inst.r.Sci.nat.Belg., Entom. 71: 219 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Yunnan, lijiang. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus dreisbachi Harmston & Knowlton, 1945: J.Kans.ent.Soc. 18: 80 ** HT in USNM. Type locality: USA: Michigan, Midland Co. * Hercostomus chetifer (Walker, 1849) (Robinson, 1964: Misc.Publ. ent.Soc.Amer. 4: 157)
  • Hercostomus ducalis (Loew, 1857) [Gymnopternus] (Negrobov, 1991: Catal.palaearct.Dipt. 7: 93 [in subg. Poecilobothrus]) * Poecilobothrus
  • Hercostomus dui Wei, 1997: Journal of Guizhou Agricultural College 16(4): 42 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Sichuan, Huanglong. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus duviardi Couturier, 1978: Bull.Soc.ent.France 82(9/10): 220 ** Type locality: Ivory Coast. Afrotropical: Ivory Coast, Congo-Kinshasa, Uganda, Gabon * (in subg. Hercostomus)
  • Hercostomus dysopes (Gerstäcker, 1864) [Gymnopternus] * Sybistroma inornatus (Loew, 1857) (Negrobov, 1991: Catal.palaearct.Dipt. 7: 86 [Hercostomus])
  • Hercostomus dysops [F, v. dysopes [Becker, 1917: N.Acta Acad.leop., Halle 102: 215]
  • Hercostomus ebaeus Wei, 1997: Journal of Guizhou Agricultural College 16(4): 34 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Guizhou, Fanjingshan. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus effugius Wei & Song, 2006: Insects from Chishui Spinulose Tree Fern Landscape: 325, 342 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** HT [Centre for Disease Prevention and Control of Anshun City, Guizhou, China], Type locality: Chishui National Nature Reserve, Guizhou, China. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus effusus Wei & Song, 2006: Insects from Chishui Spinulose Tree Fern Landscape: 321, 342 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** HT [Centre for Disease Prevention and Control of Anshun City, Guizhou, China], Type locality: Chishui National Nature Reserve, Guizhou, China. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus elongatus Becker, 1922: Capita zool. (Den Haag) 1(4): 22 ** Type locality: India: Simla Hills. Oriental: India *
  • Hercostomus emarginatus Yang, Saigusa & Masunaga, 2002: Bulletin de l Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Entomologie 72: 223 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: Nepal: Thurukpa-Topke Gola. Oriental: Nepal *
  • Hercostomus emeiensis Yang, 1997: Studia dipterol. 4(1): 116 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Sichuan, Emeishan. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus emotoi Yang, Saigusa & Masunaga, 2002: Bulletin de l Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Entomologie 72: 239 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: Nepal: Gupa Pokali-Chouki. Oriental: Nepal *
  • Hercostomus enghoffi Grichanov, 1999: Int.J.dipterol.Research 10(1): 15 ** HT & 23 PT in Zool. Mus., Copenhagen; PT in MZLU. Type locality: Tanzania: East Usambara, Amani. Afrotropical: Tanzania *
  • Hercostomus erectus Yang & Grootaert, 1999: Bulletin de l Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Entomologique 69: 259 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Yunnan, Menglun. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus eroneus [F, v. eronis] [Vanschuytbroeck, 1964: Stuttg.Beitr.Naturk. 130: 1, 4]
  • Hercostomus eronis Curran, 1926: Ann.s.afr.Mus. 23: 397 ** Type locality: South Africa. Afrotropical: South Africa, ?Madagascar, Tanzania, Burundi *
  • Hercostomus erroneus [F, v. eronis] [Vanschuytbroeck, 1957: Bull.Inst.Sci. nat.Belg. 33(25): 2]
  • Hercostomus eugenii Stackelberg, 1949: Trudy zool.Inst.Akad.Nauk SSSR 8: 674 ** Type locality: Tajikistan: (valley Luchob, near Stalinabad [= Dushambe]; Kalajkhumb, Darvaz ridge). Palaearctic: Tajikistan *
  • Hercostomus exacutus Wei, 1997: Journal of Guizhou Agricultural College 16(2): 46 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Guizhou, Anshun. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus exarticulatoides Stackelberg, 1949: Trudy zool.Inst.Akad.Nauk SSSR 8: 680 ** Type locality: Tajikistan: Rakhati, Gissar ridge. Palaearctic: Tajikistan *
  • Hercostomus exarticulatus (Loew, 1857) [Gymnopternus] *
  • Hercostomus excertus Wei & Song, 2006: Insects from Chishui Spinulose Tree Fern Landscape: 317, 341 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** HT & 1PT [Centre for Disease Prevention and Control of Anshun City, Guizhou, China], Type locality: Chishui National Nature Reserve, Guizhou, China. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus excipiens Becker, 1907: Z.syst.Hym.Dipt. 7: 105 ** Type locality: Algeria: "Umgebung von Algier und Zaghouan". Palaearctic: Spain, Algeria, Morocco *
  • Hercostomus excipiens Loew [F for Becker] [Vanschuytbroeck, 1952: Explor. Parc nat.Upemba 12: 24]
  • Hercostomus excisilamellatus Parent, 1944: Rev.franç.Ent. 10(4): 126 ** Type locality: China: "Chansi: Maoeullting, Kansou Occidental: Singlingchan, Kinnts'iangt'an". Palaearctic: China *
  • Hercostomus exiguus (Loew, 1864) [Gymnopternus] (Becker, 1922: Abh.zool.-bot.Ges.Wien 13(1) [1921]: 32) * Hercostomus lunifer (Loew, 1861)
  • Hercostomus exilis (Loew, 1861) [Gymnopternus] (Becker, 1922: Abh.zool.-bot.Ges.Wien 13(1) [1921]: 32) * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus fanjingensis Wei, 1997: Journal of Guizhou Agricultural College 16(4): 41 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Guizhou, Fanjingshan. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus fastigiatus Wei, 1997: Journal of Guizhou Agricultural College 16(2): 46 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Guizhou, Anshun. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus fatuus Wei, 1997: Journal of Guizhou Agricultural College 16(4): 39 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Guizhou, Fanjingshan. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus femoratus Santos Abreu, 1929: Mem.Acad.Barcelona (3)21: 389 (as a var. of Hercostomus canariensis Santos Abreu, 1929) // as subsp. of Hercostomus canariensis Santos Abreu, 1929 (Negrobov, 1991: Catal.palaearct.Dipt. 7: 83) ** Type locality: Spain: Canary Is., La Palma. Palaearctic: Spain (Canary Is.) * Hercostomus exarticulatus (Loew), var.
  • Hercostomus filiformis Yang & Saigusa, 2001: Bull.Inst.r.Sci.nat.Belg., Entom. 71: 200 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Yunnan, Luchun. Oriental: China, Nepal *
  • Hercostomus fimbriatus (Loew, 1861) [Gymnopternus] (Becker, 1922: Abh.zool.-bot.Ges.Wien 13(1) [1921]: 32) * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus fistulus Wei, 1997: Journal of Guizhou Agricultural College 16(2): 47 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Guizhou, Fanjingshan. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus flaccus Wei, 1997: Journal of Guizhou Agricultural College 16(1): 34 (in subg. Gymnopternus) ** Type locality: China: Guizhou, Anshun. Oriental: China, Laos * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus flagellatus Harmston, 1952: Proc.ent.Soc.Wash. 54: 293 ** HT in USNM. Type locality: USA: AL, Mobile. Nearctic: USA: ?AL (immigrant, found in hold of ship containing cargo of bananas from Panama); Neotropical: Panama * Paraclius
  • Hercostomus flatus Yang & Grootaert, 1999: Bulletin de l Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles  de Belgique Entomologique 69: 217 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Zhejiang, Tianmushan. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus flaveolus Negrobov & Chalaya, 1987: Nauch.Dokl.vyssh.Shk., Biol.Nauki 5: 45 ** Type locality: Russia. Palaearctic: Russia *
  • Hercostomus flavicans Grootaert & Meuffels, 2001: Studia dipterolog. 8(1): 213 ** Type locality: Thailand: Phang-Nga province, Phang-Nga, Sa Nangmanora. Oriental: Thailand *
  • Hercostomus flaviciliatus (Van Duzee, 1914) [Gymnopternus] * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus flavicinctus Becker, 1922: Capita zool. (Den Haag) 1(4): 29 ** Type locality: Burma: Thingannyinaung to Sukli, Dawna Hills, Tennasserim. Oriental: Burma *
  • Hercostomus flavicornis (Van Duzee, 1918) [Paraclius] * Hercostomus occidentalis Cole, 1912 (Corpus, 1989: Entomography 6: 219)
  • Hercostomus flavicoxus Negrobov & Logvinovskij, 1977: Syst.Faun.Ins. 1977: 90 ** Type locality: Russia: "2 Zhermunskij nochleg, Yakut ASSR". Palaearctic: Russia *
  • Hercostomus flavientris [F, v. flaviventris] [Yang, Zhu, Wang & Zhang, 2006: World catalog of Dolichopodidae: 158]
  • Hercostomus flavimaculatus Yang, 1998: Entomofauna 19(13): 233 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Sichuan, Nanping. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus flavimanus Van Duzee, in: Curran, 1934: Bull.amer.Mus.nat.Hist. 66: 372 ** Type locality: Guyana: Kartabo. Neotropical: Guyana *
  • Hercostomus flavimarginatus Yang, 1999: Bulletin de l Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Entomologique 69: 208 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Sichuan, Qingchengshan. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus flavipes (von Röder, 1884) [Gymnopternus] *
  • Hercostomus flavipes Aldrich, 1901: in Godman & Salvin, Biol.centr.-amer. 1: 336 ** Type locality: Mexico: Guerrero. Neotropical: Mexico * Paraclius
  • Hercostomus flavipes Vaillant, 1978: in Illies, Limnofauna eur.[2. Aufl.]: 471 (nom.nud.) (nec von Röder, 1884, nec Aldrich, 1901) * (nom. nud.)
  • Hercostomus flaviscapus Yang & Saigusa, 2000: Insects of the Mountains Funiu and Dabie regions: 192 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Henan, Luanchuan. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus flaviscutellum Yang, 1998: Bull.Inst.r.Sci.nat.Belg., Entomologie, 68: 179 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Xinjiang, Baicheng. Palaearctic: China *
  • Hercostomus flavitarsis Van Duzee, 1925: Psyche 32: 187 (in subg. Gymnopternus) ** HT in CUIC. Type locality: USA: New York, Gloversille. Nearctic: USA: New York * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus flaviventris (Robinson, 1964) [Gymnopternus] * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus flaviventris Smirnov & Negrobov, 1979: Vest.mosk.Univ. (16, Biol.) 1979(3): 38 (nec Robinson, 1964) ** Type locality: Japan: Zupura, Takago-san. Palaearctic: Japan *
  • Hercostomus flavus (Loew, 1861) [Gymnopternus] (Becker, 1922: Abh.zool.-bot.Ges.Wien 13(1) [1921]: 32) * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus flexus Wei, 1997: Journal of Guizhou Agricultural College 16(4): 42 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Guizhou, Anshun. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus floridensis Robinson, 1964) [Gymnopternus] * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus flutatus Harmston & Knowlton, 1945: J.Kans.ent.Soc. 18: 79 ** HT in USNM. Type locality: USA: Michigan, Bay Co. Nearctic: USA: MI, IN, TN, WV *
  • Hercostomus fluvius Wei, 1997: Journal of Guizhou Agricultural College 16(4): 40 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Guizhou, Fanjingshan. Oriental: China, Nepal *
  • Hercostomus fluxus Wei, 1997: Journal of Guizhou Agricultural College 16(4): 43 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Guizhou, Fanjingshan. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus foraminis Wei, 1997: Journal of Guizhou Agricultural College 16(4): 41 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: Sichuan (Wolong) * Hercostomus lii Yang, 1996 (Yang, Zhu, Wang & Zhang, 2006: World catalog of Dolichopodidae: 15)
  • Hercostomus forcipatus A.Müller, 1923 [F 1924]: Verh.zool.-bot.Ges.Wien 73: 86 ** Type locality: Germany: "Nynphenburger Park bei Munchen". * Hercostomus longiventris (Loew, 1859) (Negrobov, 1991: Catal.palaearct.Dipt. 7: 87)
  • Hercostomus formosus [Loew in coll.] Becker, 1917: N.Acta Acad.leop., Halle 102; 218 ** Type locality: not given. * Hercostomus fuscipennis (Meigen, 1824) (Becker, 1917: l.c.: 219)
  • Hercostomus freidbergi Grichanov, 2004: Rev. Afrotrop. Dolichopodinae (Plant Prot. News Suppl., St.Petersburg): 34 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: Tanzania: Usambara Mts. Afrotropical: Tanzania *
  • Hercostomus frequens (Loew, 1861) [Gymnopternus] (Becker, 1922: Abh. zool.-bot.Ges.Wien 13(1) [1921]: 32) * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus frondosus Wei, 1997: J. Guizhou. Agric. Coll. 16(2): 47 ** Type locality: China: Guizhou, Anshun. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus fugax (Loew, 1857) [Gymnopternus] *
  • Hercostomus fujianensis Yang & Yang, 2003: Fauna of insects in Fujian province of China 8: 266 (in subg. Gymnopternus) ** Type locality: China: Fujian, Jianyang. Oriental: China * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus fulgidipes (Becker, 1922) [Phalacrosoma] (Brooks, 2005: Zootaxa 857: 64) * Phalacrosoma
  • Hercostomus fulvicaudis (Haliday, 1851) [Sybistroma] (Loew, 1857: Progr.Realsch.Meseritz 1857: 9) *
  • Hercostomus fumipennis (Schiner, 1862) [Gymnopternus] (nec Stannius, 1831, nec Zetterstedt, 1843) * Hercostomus fuscipennis (Meigen, 1824)
  • Hercostomus fumipennis (Stannius, 1831) [Dolichopus] * Poecilobothrus (unrecognized)
  • Hercostomus fumipennis (Zetterstedt, 1843) [Dolichopus] (nec Stannius, 1831) (Lundbeck, 1912: Dipt.danica 4: 187) * Hercostomus brevicornis (Staeger, 1842)
  • Hercostomus fumipennis Vaillant, in: Illies,1978: Limnofauna eur. (2.Aufl.): 471 (nom.nud.) (nec Stannius, 1831, nec Schiner, 1862, nec Zetterstedt, 1843) * nom.nud.
  • Hercostomus fupingensis Yang & Saigusa, 2002: Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 49(1): 81 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Shaaira, Fuping. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus furcatus Yang, 1996: Ann.Soc.ent.France (n.S.) 32(4): 413 ** Type locality: China: Tibet, Bomi. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus furcutus Wei Lianmeng, 1997: Journal of Guizhou Agricultural College 16(2): 48 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Guizhou, Fanjingshan. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus fuscipennis (Meigen, 1824) [Dolichopus] *
  • Hercostomus fuscipennis Vanschuytbroeck, 1964: Rev.Zool.Bot.afr. 69: 136 (nec Meigen, 1824) ** Type locality: Rwanda. * Hercostomus congoensis (Curran, 1925) (Grichanov, 1999: Int.J.dipterol.Research 10(1): 9)
  • Hercostomus gallicanus Becker, 1910: Dtsch.ent.Z. 1910 (6): 649 ** Type locality: Corsica: "Ajccio, Riviera bei Hyeres". * Hercostomus plagiatus (Loew, 157) (Becker, 1917: N.Acta Acad. leop., Halle 102: 231-232; Pollet, 1993: Zool.Scripta 22(1): 102, 104)
  • Hercostomus gansuensis Ding Yang, 1996: Dtsch.ent.Z. 43(2): 238 (in subgen. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Gansu, Kangxian. Palaearctic: China; Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus gaoae Yang, Grootaert & Song, 2002: Bulletin de l Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Entomologie 72: 218 (in subgen. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Guizhou, Fanjingshan. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus garambensis Grichanov, 2004: Rev. Afrotrop. Dolichopodinae (Plant Prot. News Suppl., St.Petersburg): 36 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: Congo-Kinshasa. Afrotropical: Congo-Kinshasa *
  • Hercostomus gavarniae Parent, 1927 [F 1928]: Ann.Soc.ent.France 96: 223, 225 (in key) (descr.: 1928: Ann.Soc.sci.Bruxelles, Ser.B, 48 (C.r.): 86) ** Type locality: Cirque de Gavamio (Pyenees). Palaearctic: France, Romania, Russia, Ukraine *
  • Hercostomus geminatus Becker, 1922: Capita zool. (Den Haag) 1(4): 31 ** Type locality: Calcutta, Bengal, and Sylhet, Assam (E Pakistan). Oriental: Pakistan, India *
  • Hercostomus geniculatus Zhang, Yang & Masunaga, 2007: Entomologica Fennica 18(1): 33 ** HT [CAU, Beijing], Type locality: Beijing: Xiaolongmen Forest Park. Palaearctic: China *
  • Hercostomus germanus (Wiedemann, 1817 [F 1824]) [Dolichopus] *
  • Hercostomus golubtsovi Grichanov, 1999: Int.J.dipterol.Research 10(1): 13 ** Type locality: Uganda: Kigezi. Afrotropical: Uganda *
  • Hercostomus gracilior Negrobov, 1976: Nauch.Dokl.vyssh.Shk., Biol.Nauki 8: 47 ** Type locality: Tajikistan: Rakhati, Gissar valley. Palaearctic: Tajikistan *
  • Hercostomus gracilis (Stannius,1831) [Dolichopus] (Lundbeck, 1912: Dipt.danica 4: 171) *
  • Hercostomus grallator (Gerstäcker, 1864) [Gymnopternus] (Bezzi, 1903: Katal.paläarkt.Dipt. 2: 311) * Hercostomus pilifer (Loew, 1859)
  • Hercostomus grandis Yang & Yang, 1995: Ins.of Baishanzu Mountain, Eastern China 12: 513, 517 ** Type locality: China: Zhejiang, Baishanzu. Oriental: China * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus gregalis Becker, 1922: Capita zool. (Den Haag) 1(4): 29 ** Type locality: China: Taiwan, "Toyenmongai and Chip-Chip [= Chichi]". Oriental: China, Myanmar, India *
  • Hercostomus griseifrons Becker, 1910: Dtsch.ent.Z. 1910 (6): 649 ** Type locality: France: Corsica. Palaearctic: Germany, France, Italy, Ukraine *
  • Hercostomus guangdongensis Zhang, Yang & Grootaert, 2003: Bulletin de l'Instltut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Entomologie, 73: 182 (in subg. Gymnopternus) ** Type locality: China: Guangdong, Yingde, Shimentai. Oriental: China * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus guangxiensis Yang, 1997: Studia dipterolog. 4(1): 117 (in subg. Gymnopternus) ** Type locality: China: Guangxi, Longsheng. Oriental: China * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus guizhouensis Wei, 1997: Journal of Guizhou Agricultural College 16(2): 44 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Guizhou, Anshun. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus gymnopygus Frey, 1925: Not. Ent. 5: 26 ** Type locality: Philippines: Los Banos, Luzon. Oriental: Philippines *
  • Hercostomus hamatus Wei, 1997: Journal of Guizhou Agricultural College 16(2): 48 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Guizhou, Fanjingshan. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus heinrichi Grichanov, 2004: Rev. Afrotrop. Dolichopodinae (Plant Prot. News Suppl., St.Petersburg): 38 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** 2 PT in NHRS and MZLU. Type locality: Tanzania: Tanganyika; Melando Forest, 30 mi. S of Njombe; Tanganyika: Rungve Mt., 20 mi. SSE Mvoya. Afrotropical: Tanzania *
  • Hercostomus helveticus (Pollet & Rampazzi, 2004 (2003)) [Gymnopternus] * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus henanus Yang, 1999: Bulletin de l Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Entomologique 69: 210 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Henan Neixiang. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus hilarosus Wei & Song, 2006: Insects from Chishui Spinulose Tree Fern Landscape: 323, 342 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** HT [Centre for Disease Prevention and Control of Anshun City, Guizhou, China], Type locality: Chishui National Nature Reserve, Guizhou, China. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus himertus Wei, 1997: Journal of Guizhou Agricultural College 16(4): 34 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Guizhou, Fanjingshan. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus histus Wei, 1997: Journal of Guizhou Agricultural College 16(2): 49 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Guizhou, Anshun. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus hoplitus Wei & Song, 2006: Insects from Chishui Spinulose Tree Fern Landscape: 321, 341 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** HT & 1PT [Centre for Disease Prevention and Control of Anshun City, Guizhou, China], Type locality: Chishui National Nature Reserve, Guizhou, China. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus huaguoensis Zhang & Yang, 2007: Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 133(1): 156 ** HT [CAU, Beijing], Type locality: China: Henan, Luoyang, Yiyang, Huaguoshan. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus hualienensis Zhang, Yang & Masunaga, 2005(2004): Entomological News, 115(4): 221 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Taiwan, Hualien. Oriental: China (Taiwan) *
  • Hercostomus huangi Zhang, Yang & Masunaga, 2004: Entomological News, 115(1): 36 (in subg. Gymnopternus) * Setihercostomus
  • Hercostomus huanglianshanus Yang & Saigusa, 2001: Bull.Inst.r.Sci.nat.Belg., Entom. 71: 166 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Yunnan, Huanglianshan. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus hubeiensis (Yang, 1998) [Phalacrosoma] (Brooks, 2005: Zootaxa 857: 64) * Aphalacrosoma
  • Hercostomus hubeiensis Yang & Saigusa, 2001: Bull.Inst.r.Sci.nat.Belg., Entom. 71: 158 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Hubei, Shennongjia. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus humeralis Frey, 1925: Notul.ent. 5: 26 ** Type locality: Philippines: Binaluan, N Palawan. Oriental: Philippines *
  • Hercostomus humilis (Loew, 1864) [Gymnopternus] (Becker, 1922: Abh. zool.-bot.Ges.Wien 13(1) [1921]: 32) * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus hunanensis Yang, 1998: Bull.Inst.r.Sci.nat.Belg., Entomologie 68: 151 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Hunan, Chengbu. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus hybridus (Robinson, 1964) [Gymnopternus] * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus hygrus Wei, 1997: Journal of Guizhou Agricultural College 16(1): 35 (in subg. Gymnopternus) ** Type locality: China: Guizhou, Fanjingshan. Oriental: China * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus hypogaeus Wei & Song, 2006: Insects from Chishui Spinulose Tree Fern Landscape: 326, 342 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** HT [Centre for Disease Prevention and Control of Anshun City, Guizhou, China], Type locality: Chishui National Nature Reserve, Guizhou, China. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus ignarus Wei & Song, 2006: Insects from Chishui Spinulose Tree Fern Landscape: 327, 342 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** HT & 3PT [Centre for Disease Prevention and Control of Anshun City, Guizhou, China], Type locality: Chishui National Nature Reserve, Guizhou, China. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus imperfectus (Becker, 1922) [Phalacrosoma] (Brooks, 2005: Zootaxa 857: 64) * Phalacrosoma
  • Hercostomus impudicus Wheeler, 1899: Proc.calif.Acad.Sci. (3)2 (Zool.): 10 ** ST in ?AMNH. Type locality: USA: California, Monterey. Nearctic: USA: WA, CA *
  • Hercostomus incilis Yang & Saigusa, 2001: Bull.Inst.r.Sci.nat.Belg., Entom. 71: 247 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Yunnan, Yongping. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus incisus Yang & Saigusa, 2000: Bull.Inst.r.Sci.nat.Belg., Entom. 70: 221 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Sichuan, Emeishan. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus inclusus Becker, 1922: Capita zool. (Den Haag) 1(4): 24 ** Type locality: China: Taiwan, "Tappani and Taihoku [= Taipei]". Oriental: China (Taiwan) *
  • Hercostomus incrassatus Becker, 1922: Capita zool. (Den Haag) 1(4): 25 ** Type locality: China: Taiwan, "Chip-Chip [= Chichi] ". Oriental: China (Taiwan) *
  • Hercostomus indianus Harmston, 1952: Proc.ent.Soc.Wash. 54: 285 ** HT in USNM. Type locality: USA: Indiana, Lafayette. * Hercostomus tibialis (Van Duzee, 1913) (Corpus, 1989: Entomography 6: 219)
  • Hercostomus indinstinctus Yang, Saigusa & Masunaga, 2002: Bulletin de l Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Entomologie 72: 227 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: Nepal: Papun-Thurukpa. Oriental: Nepal *
  • Hercostomus infirmus Parent, 1933: Rev.Zool.Bot.afr. 24: 1 ** Type locality: Congo-Kinshasa. Afrotropical: Congo-Kinshasa *
  • Hercostomus infuscatus (Stannius,1831) [Dolichopus] (Negrobov, 1991: Catal.palaearct.Dipt. 7: 93 [in subg. Poecilobothrus]) * Poecilobothrus (unrecognized)
  • Hercostomus inornatus (Loew, 1857) [Gymnopternus] * Sybistroma
  • Hercostomus insularum Becker, 1917: N.Acta Acad.leop., Halle, 102: 221 ** Type locality: Spain: Canary Is. Palaearctic: Spain (Canary Is.) *
  • Hercostomus intactus Wei, 1997: Journal of Guizhou Agricultural College 16(4): 32 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Yunnan, Jizhushan. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus intercedens Grichanov, 2004: Rev. Afrotrop. Dolichopodinae (Plant Prot. News Suppl., St.Petersburg): 40 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: Equatorial Guinea: De San-Carlos. Afrotropical: Equatorial Guinea, Congo- Brazzaville *
  • Hercostomus interceptus (+) (Meunier, 1907) [Gymnopternus] (Evenhuis, 1994: Catal.fossil Flies: 363) * Prohercostomus
  • Hercostomus interstinctus Becker, 1922: Capita zool. (Den Haag) 1(4): 27 ** Type locality: China: Shanghai. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus intremulus (+) (Meunier, 1907) [Gymnopternus] (Evenhuis, 1994: Catal.fossil Flies: 363) * Prohercostomus
  • Hercostomus intraneus Yang & Saigusa, 2001: Bull.Inst.r.Sci.nat.Belg., Entom. 71: 167 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Yunnan, Huanglianshan. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus inumbratus (+) (Meunier, 1907) [Gymnopternus] (Evenhuis, 1994: Catal.fossil Flies: 363) *
  • Hercostomus inunctus Wei, 1997: Journal of Guizhou Agricultural College 16(2): 42 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Guizhou, Fanjingshan. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus itamus Wei, 1997: Journal of Guizhou Agricultural College 16(4): 38 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Guizhou, Fanjingshan. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus itineris Grichanov, 2004: Rev. Afrotrop. Dolichopodinae (Plant Prot. News Suppl., St.Petersburg): 42 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: Cameroon: N'Kolbisson. Afrotropical: Cameroon *
  • Hercostomus jani Dyte, 1957: Ent.monthly Mag. 93 (= Ser.4, vol.18): 39 ** Type locality: Tanzania. Afrotropical: Tanzania, Congo-Kinshasa, Cameroon, Malawi * (in subg. Hercostomus)
  • Hercostomus javanensis (de Meijere, 1916) [Gymnopternus] (Becker, 1922: Capita zool. (Den Haag) 1(4): 28) *
  • Hercostomus jiangchenganus Yang & Saigusa, 2001: Bull.Inst.r.Sci.nat.Belg., Entom. 71: 239 (in subg. Ahercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Yunnan, Jiangcheng. Oriental: China * Ahercostomus
  • Hercostomus jindinganus Yang & Saigusa, 2000: Bull.Inst.r.Sci.nat.Belg., Entom. 70: 221 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Sichuan, Emeishan. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus jingpingensis Yang & Saigusa, 2001: Bull.Inst.r.Sci.nat.Belg., Entom. 71: 230 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Yunnan, Jingping. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus jingxingensis Yang & Saigusa, 2001: Bull.Inst.r.Sci.nat.Belg., Entom. 71: 211 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Yunnan, Zhongdian. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus jinxiuensis Yang, 1997: Bull. Inst. R. Sci. Nat. Belg. Ent. 67: 137 ** Type locality: China: Guangxi, Jiimu. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus jishanensis Wei, 1997: Journal of Guizhou Agricultural College 16(1): 38 (in subg. Gymnopternus) ** Type locality: China: Yunnan, Jizhushan. Oriental: China * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus jiulongensis Zhang & Yang, 2005: Dtsch.ent.Z. 52(2): 242 (in subgen. Hercostomus) ** HT [Slovenian Mus. Nat. Hist. (Ljubljana)], Type locality: Sichuan: Jiulong Valley, 100 km W Chengdu. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus joco (Harris, 1780) [Musca] (Negrobov, 1991: Catal.palaearct.Dipt. 7: 94 [in subg. Poecilobothrus] * Poecilobothrus nobilitatus (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Hercostomus kaulbacki Hollis, 1964: Bull.brit.Mus. (nat.Hist.), Entom., 15 (4): 90 ** Type locality: China, Tibet, Rong To Valley. Oriental: China * Parahercostomus
  • Hercostomus kedrovicus Negrobov & Logvinovskij, 1977: Syst.Faun.Ins. 1977: 93 ** Type locality: Russia: Primorye, Kedrovaya pad' reserve. Palaearctic: Russia *
  • Hercostomus kedrovus [F, kedrovicus] [Negrobov, 1991: Catal.palaearct.Dipt. 7: 87]
  • Hercostomus kefaensis Grichanov, 2004: Rev. Afrotrop. Dolichopodinae (Plant Prot. News Suppl., St.Petersburg): 44 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: Ethiopia: Kefa, Jimma. Afrotropical: Ethiopia*
  • Hercostomus klowdeni Olejníchek, 2002: Biologia, Bratislava, 57/5: 567 (in subg. Gymnopternus) ** Type locality: Korea: Kumgangsan Mts, Okiyu Valley. Palaearctic: Korea * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus krivokhatskii Grichanov, 1999: Int.J.dipterol.Research 10(1): 31 ** Type locality: Congo-Kinshasa: Eala. Afrotropical: Congo-Kinshasa, Central Africa *
  • Hercostomus krivosheinae Grichanov, 1999: Int.J.dipterol.Research 10(1): 25 ** Type locality: Uganda: Budongo. Afrotropical: Uganda, Cameroon *
  • Hercostomus kurtus Wei & Song, 2006: Insects from Chishui Spinulose Tree Fern Landscape: 328, 342 (in subg. Gymnopternus) ** HT [Centre for Disease Prevention and Control of Anshun City, Guizhou, China], Type locality: Chishui National Nature Reserve, Guizhou, China. Oriental: China * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus laanmae Grichanov, 1999: Int.J.dipterol.Research 10(1): 31 ** Type locality: Tanzania: Kwamgumi, Segoma. Afrotropical: Tanzania, Gabon *
  • Hercostomus labiatus (Loew, 1871) [Gymnopternus] *
  • Hercostomus labilis Wei & Song, 2006: Insects from Chishui Spinulose Tree Fern Landscape: 330, 343 (in subg. Gymnopternus) ** HT [Centre for Disease Prevention and Control of Anshun City, Guizhou, China], Type locality: Chishui National Nature Reserve, Guizhou, China. Oriental: China * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus lacus Wei & Song, 2006: Insects from Chishui Spinulose Tree Fern Landscape: 329, 343 (in subg. Gymnopternus) ** HT & 4 PT [Centre for Disease Prevention and Control of Anshun City, Guizhou, China], Type locality: Chishui National Nature Reserve, Guizhou, China. Oriental: China * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus lacustris (+) (Bickel, 1995) [Gymnopternus] (comb.nov.) *
  • Hercostomus laevifrons (Loew, 1857) [Gymnopternus] * Hercostomus fuscipennis (Meigen, 1824) (Negrobov, 1991: Catal.palaearct.Dipt. 7: 86)
  • Hercostomus laevigatus (Loew, 1861) [Gymnopternus] (Becker, 1922: Abh.zool.-bot.Ges.Wien 13(1): 32 [lawigatus]) * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus laffooni (Robinson, 1964) [Gymnopternus] * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus lanceolatus Zhang, Yang, Grootaert, 2008: The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 56(1): 22 ** HT [ZRC, Singapore], 4 PT [ZRC, Singapore; RBINS, Brussels; IOZ, Beijing]. Type locality: Singapore: Pulau Ubin, Chek Jawa. Oriental: Singapore *
  • Hercostomus latapicalis Yang & Saigusa, 2001: Bull.Inst.r.Sci.nat.Belg., Entom. 71: 196 (in subg. Gymnopternus) ** Type locality: China: Yunnan, Pingbian. Oriental: China * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus lateralis Yang & Saigusa, 1999: Bulletin de l Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Entomologique 69: 243 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Sichuan, Emeishan. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus latilobatus Yang & Saigusa, 2001: Bull.Inst.r.Sci.nat.Belg., Entom. 71: 213 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Yunnan, Luchun. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus latipes Aldrich, 1896: Trans.amer.ent.Soc. 23: 311 ** Type locality: St. Vincent I. Neotropical: West Indies * Tachytrechus
  • Hercostomus latus Yang & Saigusa, 2002: Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 49(1): 68 (in subg. Hercostomus) *
  • Hercostomus laufferi (Strobl,1909) [Dolichopus] (Becker, 1909: Wien.ent. Ztg. 28(9/10): 325) *
  • Hercostomus lawigatus [F, v. laevigatus] [Becker, 1922: Abh.zool.-bot.Ges.Wien 13(1): 32]
  • Hercostomus lelepanus Yang, Saigusa & Masunaga, 2002: Bulletin de l Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Entomologie 72: 234 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: Nepal: Lelep. Oriental: Nepal *
  • Hercostomus leptocercus Stackelberg, 1949: Trudy zool.Inst.Akad.Nauk SSSR 8: 682 ** Type locality: Tajikistan: Varzob valley, Kondara, Rakhati. Gissar ridge, Kalaykhumb near Pyanzh. Palaearctic: Tajikistan, Iran *
  • Hercostomus leptocerus [F, v. leptocercus] [Negrobov, 1991: Catal.palaearct.Dipt. 7: 87]
  • Hercostomus lianmengi Olejníchek, 2003: Biologia, Bratislava, 58/2: 193 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: Laos: Louang Phrabang Province, 5 km west of Ban Song Cha. Oriental: Laos *
  • Hercostomus libanicola Parent, 1933: Ann.Soc.sci.Bruxelles, ser.B, 53: 77 ** Type locality: Lebanon ("Nord du liban, Recharre"). Palaearctic: Lebanon *
  • Hercostomus lichtwardti Villeneuve, 1899: Bull.Soc.ent.France 1899: 26 ** Type locality: France: de I'Hautfl, Seine-et-Oise. Palaearctic: France, Germany *
  • Hercostomus lictor Parent, 1937: Bull.Mus.Hist.nat.Belg. 13(18): 1 ** Type locality: Congo-Kinshasa. frotropical: Congo-Kinshasa, Nigeria, Cameroon, Ivory Coast *
  • Hercostomus lii Wei, 1997: Journal of Guizhou Agricultural College 16(4): 35 (in subg. Hercostomus) (nec Yang, 1996) ** Type locality: China: Yunnan, Binchuan, Jizhushan. Oriental: China * Hercostomus weii Yang & Saigusa, 2000
  • Hercostomus lii Yang, 1996: Ann.Soc.ent.France (n.S.) 32(4): 413 ** Type locality: China: Tibet, Bomi. Oriental: China, Nepal *
  • Hercostomus lijiangensis Yang & Saigusa, 2001: Bull.Inst.r.Sci.nat.Belg., Entom. 71: 231 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Yunnan, lijiang. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus limosus Zhang, Yang, Grootaert, 2008: The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 56(1): 24 ** HT [ZRC, Singapore], 14 PT [ZRC, Singapore; RBINS, Brussels; IOZ, Beijing]. Type locality: Singapore: Pulau Ubin, Chek Jawa. Oriental: Singapore *
  • Hercostomus lineatipes (Loew, 1857) [Dolichopus] * Hercostomus aerosus (Fallen, 1823)
  • Hercostomus litargus Wei, 1997: J. Guizhou. Agric. Coll. 16(2): 49 ** Type locality: China: Guizhou, Anshun. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus lividifrons (Van Duzee, 1926) [Gymnopternus] * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus longicercus Yang & Yang, 1995: Ins.of Baishanzu Mountain, Eastern China, 12: 514, 518 ** Type locality: China: Zhejiang, Baishanzu. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus longidigitatus Yang & Saigusa, 2001: Bull.Inst.r.Sci.nat.Belg., Entom. 71: 247 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Yunnan, Lushui. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus longifilus [F, v. longipilus]
  • Hercostomus longifolius Yang & Saigusa, 2000: Insects of the Mountains Funiu and Dabie regions: 191 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Henan, Luoshan. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus longilamellus Harmston & Knowlton, 1940: Proc.ent.Soc.Wash. 42: 127 ** HT in USNM. Type locality: USA: Utah, Kanosh Canyon. Nearctic: USA: UT, MT *
  • Hercostomus longilobatus Yang & Saigusa, 2001: Bull.Inst.r.Sci.nat.Belg., Entom. 71: 214 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Yunnan, Pingbian. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus longipilosus Yang & Saigusa, 2001: Bull.Inst.r.Sci.nat.Belg., Entom. 71: 246 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Guizhou, Zunyi. Palaearctic: China; Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus longipilus Parent, 1933: Rev.Zool.Bot.afr. 24:1 (nom.nud.) * Hercostomus longipilus Parent, 1934
  • Hercostomus longipilus Parent, 1934: Bull.Soc.ent.Egypte 18: 128 ** Type locality: Congo-Kinshasa. * Hercostomus congoensis (Curran, 1925) (Grichanov, 1999: Int.J.dipetrol.Research 10(1): 8)
  • Hercostomus longipulvinatus Yang, 1998: Acta entom.sinica 41, Suppl.: 182, 185 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Zhejiang, Baishanzu. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus longisetus Yang & Saigusa, 2000: Insects of the Mountains Funiu and Dabie regions: 195 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Henan, Luoshan. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus longispinus Yang & Saigusa, 2001: Bull.Inst.r.Sci.nat.Belg., Entom. 71: 220 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Yunnan, Pingbian. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus longiventris (Loew, 1857) [Sybistroma] (Loew, 1857: Progr. Realsch.Meseritz 1857: 9) *
  • Hercostomus longus Yang & Saigusa, 2000: Bull.Inst.r.Sci.nat.Belg., Entom. 70: 225 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Sichuan, Emeishan. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus lorifer Mik, 1878: Jber.Akad.Gymn. (Wien) 1878: 11 ** Type locality: Italy: "Calabrien". Palaearctic: France, Italy, ? Macedonia, Yugoslavia, Greece * Sybistroma
  • Hercostomus loripes [F, v. lorifer] [Parent, 1927: Ann.Soc.ent.France 96: 229]
  • Hercostomus lotus Yang et Saigusa, 2002. Dtsch. Ent. Z. 49(1): 68. ** Type locality: China: Shaaim, Zuoshui. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus loushanguananus Yang & Saigusa, 2001: Bull.Inst.r.Sci.nat.Belg., Entom. 71: 244 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Guizhou, Zunyi. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus luchunensis Yang & Saigusa, 2001: Bull.Inst.r.Sci.nat.Belg., Entom. 71: 205 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Yunnan, Luchun. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus lucidiventris Becker, 1922: Capita zool. (Den Haag) 1(4): 24 ** Type locality: China: Taiwan, "Kosempo [= Chiasien] ". Oriental: China (Taiwan) *
  • Hercostomus ludicrus (Harris,1776) [Musca] (Negrobov, 1991: Catal. palaearct.Dipt. 7: 94 [in subg. Poecilobothrus]) * Poecilobothrus nobilitatus (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Hercostomus lunifer (Loew, 1861) [Gymnopternus] (Becker, 1922: Abh. zool.-bot.Ges.Wien 13(1): 33) * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus lunulatus Becker, 1922: Capita zool. (Den Haag) 1(4): 30 ** Type locality: China: Taiwan, "Kosempo[= Chiasien] and Toyenmongai". Oriental: China (Taiwan) *
  • Hercostomus luoshanensis Yang & Saigusa, 2000: Insects of the Mountains Funiu and Dabie regions: 191 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Henan, Luoshan. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus luteipleuratus Parent, 1944: Rev.franç.Ent. 10(4): 126 ** Type locality: China: "Chensi Central, Weitzeping". Palaearctic: China *
  • Hercostomus luteus Parent, 1927: Enc.ent., Ser.B, II, Dipt. 4: 74 ** Type locality: not given. Palaearctic *
  • Hercostomus macropygus de Meijere, 1916: Tijdschr.Ent. 59: 233 ** Type locality: Indonesia: Java, "Gunung Pantjar, nr Buitenzorg (Bogor) ". Oriental: Indonesia *
  • Hercostomus maculithorax Stackelberg, 1931: Arch.Hydrobiol. (Stuttgart), Suppl.-Band 8: 775 ** Type locality: Indonesia: Java, "Kali Djumok, Sarangan". Oriental: Indonesia *
  • Hercostomus maculiventris Van Duzee, 1925: Psyche 32: 188 (in subg. Gymnopternus) ** HT in CAS. Type locality: USA: New York, Long Is., Cold Spring Harbor. Nearctic: USA: New York * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus magnicornis (de Meijere,1916) [Gymnopternus] (Becker,1922: Capita zool. (Den Haag) 1(4): 30) *
  • Hercostomus majesticus (d'Assis Fonseca, 1976) [Poecilobothrus] (Negrobov, 1991: Catal.palaearct.Dipt. 7: 93 [in subg. Poecilobothrus]) * Poecilobothrus
  • Hercostomus malthinus Wei, 1997: Journal of Guizhou Agricultural College 16(1): 36 (in subg. Gymnopternus) ** Type locality: China: Guizhou, Fanjingshan. Syn. nov. * Hercostomus (Gymnopternus) grandis Yang & Yang, 1995 (Yang & Saigusa, 2001: Bull.Inst.r.Sci.nat.Belg., Entom. 71: 196)
  • Hercostomus manus [F, v. nanus] [Parent, 1938: Faune de France 35: 712]
  • Hercostomus maoershanensis Zhang, Yang & Masunaga, 2004: Entomological News, 115(1): 38 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Guangxi, Maoershan. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus marginatus Lichtwardt, 1896: Dtsch.ent.Z. 1896(1): 181 ** Type locality: Germany: Borkum Is. * Muscidideicus praetextatus (Haliday, 1855) (Becker, 1918: N. Acta Acad.leop., Halle, 104: 146)
  • Hercostomus marginatus Yang & Saigusa, 2001: Bull.Inst.r.Sci.nat.Belg., Entom. 71: 241 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Yunnan, Yongping. Oriental: China * deserves a new name
  • Hercostomus maroccanus Parent, 1929: Enc.ent., Ser.B, II, Dipt. 5: 13 (in subg. Platyopsis) ** Type locality: Morocco: "Tanger". Palaearctic: Morocco * Platyopsis
  • Hercostomus masunagai Yang & Saigusa, 2001: Bull.Inst.r.Sci.nat.Belg., Entom. 71: 215 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Yunnan, lijiang. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus medialis Yang & Saigusa, 2001: Bull.Inst.r.Sci.nat.Belg., Entom. 71: 215 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Yunnan, Yongping. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus medivalvis Yang, 2002: Insects of Tianmushan National Nature Reserve: 430 ** Type locality: China: Zhejiang, Tianmushan. Oriental: China * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus meieri Zhang, Yang, Grootaert, 2008: The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 56(1): 25 ** HT [ZRC, Singapore], 37 PT [ZRC, Singapore; RBINS, Brussels; IOZ, Beijing]. Type locality: Singapore: Pulau Ubin, Chek Jawa. Oriental: Singapore *
  • Hercostomus meihuapuensis Yang & Saigusa, 2001: Bull.Inst.r.Sci.nat.Belg., Entom. 71: 192 (in subg. Gymnopternus) ** Type locality: China: Yunnan, Yongping. Oriental: China * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus melanolepis Bezzi, 1906: Bull.Soc.ent.ital. 37 [1905]: 300 ** Type locality: Eritrea. Palaearctic: Italy; Afrotropical: Eritrea, ? Madagascar. * Tachytrechus
  • Hercostomus melanopis [F, v. melanolepis] [Becker, 1923: Ent.Mitt. (Berlin-Dahlem) 12(1): 4]
  • Hercostomus meniscoides (Robinson, 1964) [Gymnopternus] * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus meniscus (Loew, 1864) [Gymnopternus] (Becker, 1922: Abh.zool.-bot.Ges.Wien 13(1): 33) * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus mentougouensis Zhang, Yang & Grootaert, 2003: Bulletin de l'Instltut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Entomologie, 73: 192 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Beijing, Xiaolongmen. Palaearctic: China *
  • Hercostomus metallicus (Stannius, 1831) [Dolichopus] * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus metallicus Staeg. [F for Stannius, 1831] [Becker, 1917: N.Acta Acad.leop., Halle, 102: 202]
  • Hercostomus metatarsalis (Thomson, 1869) [Dolichopus] (Aldrich, 1905: Smithson.misc.Coll. 46(2) (Publ.1444): 306) * Hercostomus aurifer (Thomson, 1869) (Corpus, 1989: Entomography 6: 219)
  • Hercostomus meuffelsi Olejníchek, 2003: Biologia, Bratislava, 58/2: 195 (in subg. Gymnopternus) ** Type locality: Laos: N Laos, Louang Phrabang Province, 5 km west of Ban Song Cha. Oriental: Laos * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus meunierianus (+) (Evenhuis, 1994: 361) [Dolichopus] (Grichanov, 1997: Paleontol. zhurn. 5: 83) * Prohercostomus meunierianus (Evenhuis, 1994: 361)
  • Hercostomus microcerus "Wiedemann" [F for Meigen, 1824] [Vanschuytbroeck, 1951: Explor.Parc nat. Albert 74: 63]
  • Hercostomus microcerus (Meigen, 1824) [Dolichopus] * Hercostomus celer (Meigen, 1824)
  • Hercostomus minimixtus Dyte & Smith, 1980: Catal.Dipt.afrotrop.Reg.: 451 (nom.nov. for Hercostomus minimus Parent, 1937, nec Zetterstedt, 1849) ** Type locality: Congo-Kinshasa (automatic). Afrotropical: Congo-Kinshasa *
  • Hercostomus minimus (Zetterstedt, 1849) [Dolichopus] * Hercostomus nanus (Macquart, 1827)
  • Hercostomus minimus Parent, 1937: Bull.Mus.Hist.nat.Belg. 13(18): 2 (nec Zetterstedt, 1849) ** Type locality: Congo-Kinshasa. * Hercostomus minimixtus Dyte & Smith, 1980 (nom.nov.)
  • Hercostomus ministerialis (Kowarz,1868) [Gymnopternus] (Negrobov, 1991: Catal.palaearct.Dipt. 7: 93 [in subg. Poecilobothrus]) * Poecilobothrus ducalis (Loew, 1857)
  • Hercostomus minutus (Loew, 1861) [Gymnopternus] (Becker, 1922: Abh.zool.-bot.Ges.Wien 13(1): 33) * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus minutus Negrobov & Logvinovskij, 1977: Syst.Faun.Ins. 1977: 89 (nec Loew, 1861) ** Type locality: Russia: Ussuriiskii reserve. Palaearctic: Russia *
  • Hercostomus mirificus (Melander,1900) [Gymnopternus] (Becker, 1922: Abh.zool.-bot.Ges.Wien 13(1): 33) * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus modestus (de Meijere, 1916) [Gymnopternus] (Becker, 1922: Capita zool. (Den Haag) 1(4): 32) *
  • Hercostomus modificatus Yang & Saigusa, 2002: Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 49(1): 63 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Shaaira, Zuoshui. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus monotonus (+) (Meunier, 1907: 221) [Dolichopus] (Grichanov, 1997: Paleontol. zhurn. 5: 83) * Prohercostomus
  • Hercostomus morenae (Strobl, 1899) [Gymnopternus] *
  • Hercostomus mostovskii Grichanov, 1999: Int.J.dipterol.Research 10(1): 26 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: Uganda: Ruwenzori Range. Afrotropical: Uganda *
  • Hercostomus mottusi Grichanov, 1999: Int.J.dipterol.Research 10(1): 35 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: Congo-Kinshasa. Afrotropical: Congo-Kinshasa * Apelastoneurus
  • Hercostomus muscarius Speiser, 1910: Wiss.Ergebn.Exped.Kilimandjaro Meru (Sjöstedt) 2, Abt.10, Dipt.4: 109 (-us; F -a) ** HT in NHRS. Type locality: Tanzania: Kilimanj[aro]. * Tachytrechus bracteatus (Wiedemann,1830) (Grichanov, 2004: Rev. Afrotrop. Dolichopodinae (Plant Prot. News Suppl., St.Petersburg): 14)
  • Hercostomus mustus Wei Lianmeng, 1997: Journal of Guizhou Agricultural College 16(2): 50 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Guizhou, Anshun. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus nakanishii Yang, Saigusa & Masunaga, 2002: Bulletin de l Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Entomologie 72: 232 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: Nepal: Dobang Kharka. Oriental: Nepal *
  • Hercostomus nanjingensis Yang, 1996: Entomofauna 17(18): 320 ** Type locality: China: Jiangsu, Nanjing. *
  • Hercostomus nanus (Macquart, 1827) [Dolichopus] *
  • Hercostomus napoensis Yang, Grootaert & Song, 2002: Bulletin de l Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Entomologie 72: 220 (in subgen. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Guangxi, Napo. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus nartshukae Negrobov & Logvinovskij, 1976: in Negrobov, Nasek.Mongol. 4: 501 ** Type locality: Mongolia: Kobdocij aimak, river Bodandin-Gol, 12 km SW Altai. Palaearctic: Mongolia *
  • Hercostomus nectarophagus Curran, 1924: Rev.zool.afr. 12: 470 ** Type locality: South Africa. Afrotropical: South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Cameroon, Congo-Kinshasa *
  • Hercostomus neglectus Becker, 1922: Capita zool. (Den Haag) 1(4): 22 ** Type locality: India: Simla. Oriental: India *
  • Hercostomus negotiosus (+) (Meunier, 1907: 221) [Dolichopus] (Grichanov, 1997: Paleontol. zhurn. 5: 83) * Prohercostomus
  • Hercostomus neimengensis Yang, 1997. Bull. Inst. R. Sci. Nat. Belg. Ent. 67: 138. ** Type locality: China: Inner Mongolia, Tuyouqi. Palaearctic: China *
  • Hercostomus nemorum Smirnov & Negrobov, 1977: Taks.Fauny Sibiri (Novosibirsk): 89 ** Type locality: Russia: Primorye, Partisansk. Palaearctic: Russia *
  • Hercostomus neocryptus Harmston & Knowlton, 1941: Canad.Ent. 73: 130 ** HT in CNC. Type locality: Canada: Alberta, Lethbridge. Nearctic: Canada, USA: NT, BC, AB, SK, WA, ID, MT, WY, CO, UT, NE *
  • Hercostomus nepalensis Yang, Saigusa & Masunaga, 2002: Bulletin de l Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Entomologie 72: 230 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: Nepal: Papun-Thumkpa. Oriental: Nepal *
  • Hercostomus ngozi Grichanov, 2004: Rev. Afrotrop. Dolichopodinae (Plant Prot. News Suppl., St.Petersburg): 46 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: Tanznia: Ngozi Crater. Afrotropical: Tanzania *
  • Hercostomus niger Yang & Saigusa, 2001: Bull.Inst.r.Sci.nat.Belg., Entom. 71: 197 (in subg. Gymnopternus) ** Type locality: China: Yunnan, Pingbian. Oriental: China * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus nigribarbus (Loew, 1861) [Gymnopternus] (Becker, 1922: Abh.zool.-bot.Ges.Wien 13(1): 33) * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus nigricomus (Robinson, 1964) [Gymnopternus] * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus nigricornis (Meigen, 1824) [Dolichopus] (Loew, 1869: Beschr.eur.Dipt. 1: 281) * (unrecognized)
  • Hercostomus nigricoxa (Van Duzee, 1924) [Gymnopternus] * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus nigrifacies Van Duzee, 1933: Amer.Mus.Nov. 599: 19 (in subg. Gymnopternus) ** ST in AMNH, CAS (2). Type locality: USA: Oregon, Newport. Nearctic: USA: Oregon * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus nigrihalteratus [F, v. nigrohalteratus] [Becker, 1917: N.Acta Acad. leop., Halle, 102: 185, 226]
  • Hercostomus nigrilamellatus (Macquart, 1827) [Dolichopus] *
  • Hercostomus nigrimaculatus (Curtis, 1829) [Dolichopus] * Hercostomus nigrilamellatus (Macquart, 1827)
  • Hercostomus nigripalpus Yang & Saigusa, 2002: Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 49(1): 72 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Shaaira, Fuping. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus nigripennis (Fallen, 1823) [Dolichopus] *
  • Hercostomus nigripennis Stannius, 1831 [F, v. nigriplantis] [Olejnicek, 1974: Folia Fac.Sci.nat.Univ.Purkinianae brunensis 15, Biol. 43: 64]
  • Hercostomus nigripes (Costa, 1854) [Dolichopus] * ?Hercostomus nigrilamellatus (Macquart, 1827)
  • Hercostomus nigripes (Meigen, 1838) [Dolichopus] * Hercostomus rusticus (Meigen, 1824)
  • Hercostomus nigriplantis "Flln." [F for Stannius, 1831] [Negrobov, 1967: Zool. Zhurn. 46(7): 1076]
  • Hercostomus nigriplantis "Stenh." [F for Stannius, 1831] [Becker, 1909: Wien. ent.Ztg. 28(9/10): 324]
  • Hercostomus nigriplantis (Stannius, 1831) [Dolichopus] *
  • Hercostomus nigrocoeruleus (Latreille, 1809) [Ortochile] * Ortochile
  • Hercostomus nigrohalteratus Becker, 1909: Wien.ent.Ztg. 28(9/10): 324 ** Type locality: France: Chartreuse. Palaearctic: France *
  • Hercostomus nobilitatus (Linnaeus, 1767) [Musca] (Negrobov, 1991: Catal.palaearct.Dipt. 7: 94 [in subg. Poecilobothrus]) * Poecilobothrus
  • Hercostomus notabilis (+) (Meunier, 1907: 221) [Dolichopus)] (Grichanov, 1997: Paleontol. zhurn. 5: 83) * Prohercostomus
  • Hercostomus notatus Becker, 1922: Capita zool. (Den Haag) 1(4): 28 ** Type locality: China: Taiwan, "Takao [= Kaohsiung] and Anping". Oriental: China (Taiwan) *
  • Hercostomus novus Parent, 1926: Enc.ent., Ser.B, II, Dipt. 3: 141 ** Type locality: China: Shanghai, "Zi-Ka-Wei". Oriental: China * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus noxialis (+) (Meunier, 1907: 221) [Dolichopus] (Grichanov, 1997: Paleontol. zhurn. 5: 83) * Prohercostomus
  • Hercostomus nudiusculus Yang, 1999: Bulletin de l Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Entomologique 69: 208 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Sichuan, Qingchengshan. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus nudus Ding Yang, 1996: Bull.Inst.r.Sci.nat.Belg., Entom. 66: 86 (in subgen. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Sichuan, Emeishan. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus obesus Wei, 1997: Journal of Guizhou Agricultural College 16(4): 33 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Yunnan, Jizhushan. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus obscurior (Becker, 1918) [Systenus] (Negrobov, 1991: Catal.palaearct.Dipt. 7: 87) * Sybistroma inornatus (Loew, 1857) (Negrobov, 1991: Catal.palaearct.Dipt. 7: 87 [Hercostomus])
  • Hercostomus obscuripennis (Zetterstedt, 1843) [Dolichopus] (Lundbeck, 1912: Dipt.danica 4: 187) * Hercostomus brevicornis (Staeger, 1843)
  • Hercostomus obscuripes (Meigen, 1838) [Dolichopus] * Hercostomus rusticus (Meigen, 1824)
  • Hercostomus obscurus (Say, 1823) [Dolichopus] * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus obtusicauda (Van Duzee, 1924) [Gymnopternus] * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus occidentalis Cole, 1912: Pomona Col.J.Ent. 4: 839 ** HT in USNM. Type locality: USA: California, Laguna Beach. Nearctic: USA: CA, UT, AZ *
  • Hercostomus ockerothi [F, v. vockerothi] [Yang, Zhu, Wang & Zhang, 2006: World catalog of Dolichopodidae: 168]
  • Hercostomus ogloblini Stackelberg, 1949: Trudy zool.Inst.Akad Nauk SSSR 8: 679 ** Type locality: Tajikistan: Rakhati, Gissar ridge. Palaearctic: Tajikistan *
  • Hercostomus ohalcochrus [F, v. chalcochrus] [Becker, 1922: Abh.zool.-bot.Ges.Wien 13(1): 32]
  • Hercostomus ohioensis (Robinson, 1964) [Gymnopternus] * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus opacus (Loew, 1861) [Gymnopternus] (Becker, 1922: Abh.zool.-bot.Ges.Wien 13(1): 33) * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus optatus Wei, 1997: Journal of Guizhou Agricultural College 16(2): 43 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Guizhou, Anshun. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus opulus Wei, 1997: Journal of Guizhou Agricultural College 16(2): 43 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Guizhou, Anshun. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus orbicularis Harmston, 1952: Proc.ent.Soc.Wash. 54: 286 ** HT in USNM. Type locality: USA: California, San Bernardino Mts., Mill Creek Canyon. Nearctic: USA: California *
  • Hercostomus ornaticauda Van Duzee, 1933: Amer.Mus.Nov. 599: 16 ** HT in AMNH. Type locality: USA: Washington, Mt. Rainier. * Hercostomus unicolor (Loew, 1864) (Robinson, 1964: Misc.Publ.ent. Soc.Amer. 4: 157)
  • Hercostomus ornatipes [F, v. ornatus] [Curran, 1925, Ann.Rep.ent.Soc.Ontario 55: 100]
  • Hercostomus ornatus (Van Duzee, 1921) [Paraclius] * Hercostomus chetifer (Walker, 1849)
  • Hercostomus ovalicosta Hollis, 1964: Beaufortia 10(129): 253 ** Type locality: Indonesia: Sumatra, Fort de Kock. Oriental: Indonesia *
  • Hercostomus ovaticornis Van Duzee, 1933: Amer.Mus.Nov. 599: 20 (in subg. Gymnopternus) ** HT in AMNH. Type locality: USA: New Jersey, Great Piece Meadows. Nearctic: USA: New Jersey * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus ovatus Becker, 1922: Capita zool. (Den Haag) 1(4): 24 ** Type locality: China: Taiwan, Sokotsu. Oriental: China (Taiwan) *
  • Hercostomus ovchinnikovae Grichanov, 1999: Int.J.dipterol.Research 10(1): 33 ** HT & 37 PT in RMCA, 1 PT in MZLU. Type locality: Congo-Kinshasa: Garamba Park. Afrotropical: Congo-Kinshasa, Ivory Coast *
  • Hercostomus oxanae Olejníèek, 2004: Acta Zoologica Universitatis Comenianae, Bratislava 46(1): 7 ** Type locality: China: Shaanxi, Qinling, Xunyangba. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus ozerovi Grichanov, 1999: Int.J.dipterol.Research 10(1): 21 ** Type locality: Uganda: Ruwenzori Range. Afrotropical: Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia *
  • Hercostomus pallidiciliatus Van Duzee, 1930: Canad.Ent. 62: 85 [Hercostomus (Gymnopternus)] ** HT in SEMC. Type locality: USA: Massachusetts, New Bedford, by Hough. Nearctic: USA: Massachusetts * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus pallidus Loew, 1871 [F 1870]: Beschr.eur.Dipt. 2: 288 ** Type locality: Tajikistan: Sarawshan-Thal. Palaearctic: Tajikistan, Kirgizia, Uzbekistan *
  • Hercostomus pallipilosus Yang & Saigusa, 2002: Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 49(1): 69 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Shaaira, Zuoshui. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus palustris Wei, 2006: Insects from Fanjingshan Landscape: 473, 496 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** HT & 25 PT [Anshun Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Guizhou, China], Type locality: Fanjingshan, Guizhou, China; 1PT, Yuntaishan, Sibing, Guizhou, China. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus panamensis Van Duzee, 1931: Bull.amer.Mus.nat.Hist. 61(5): 185 ** Type locality: Panama: Barro Colorado I. Neotropical: Panama *
  • Hercostomus pandellei Parent, 1926: Enc.ent., Ser.B, II, Dipt. 3: 25 ** Type locality: France: Bareges (Hautes Pyre'ne'es). Palaearctic: France *
  • Hercostomus panteleevae Grichanov, 1999: Int.J.dipterol.Research 10(1): 34 ** Type locality: Congo-Kinshasa: Kivu, Rutshum. Afrotropical: Congo-Kinshasa *
  • Hercostomus papillifer Mik, 1880: Verh.zool.-bot.Ges.Wien 30 (Abh.): 353 ** Type locality: Austria: "bei Hutteldorf nttchst Wien". * Hercostomus exarticulatus (Loew, 1857) (Negrobov, 1991: Catal.palaearct.Dipt. 7: 85)
  • Hercostomus papunanus Yang, Saigusa & Masunaga, 2002: Bulletin de l Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Entomologie 72: 235 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: Nepal: Papun-Thumkpa. Oriental: Nepal *
  • Hercostomus par Parent, 1934: Bull.Soc.ent.Egypte 18: 129 [1933: Rev. Zool.Bot.afr. 24: 1: nom.nud.] ** Type locality: Kenya. Afrotropical: Kenya, Tanzania, Congo- Kinshasa, Uganda, Burundi, Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Rwanda, Malawi * Hercostomus argyropus par Parent, 1934
  • Hercostomus paradoxopterus Stackelberg, 1949: Trudy zool.Inst.Akad.Nauk SSSR 8: 681 ** Type locality: Tajikistan: Gissar ridge, Gafilyabad, river Luchob; Raknati, Gissar ridge; Kalay-khumb, river Pyanzh; Khorog, West Pamir. Palaearctic: Tajikistan *
  • Hercostomus parvicornis (Loew, 1861) [Gymnopternus] (Becker, 1922: Abh.zool.-bot.Ges.Wien 13(1): 33) * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus parvilamellatus (Macquart, 1827) [Dolichopus] (Bezzi, 1903: Katal.palärkt.Dipt. 2: 312) *
  • Hercostomus parvulus Parent, 1927 [F 1928]: Ann.Soc.ent.France 96: 228, 229 (in key) (descr. 1928: Trab.Mus.Cienc.nat.Barcelona 11(3): 8 ** Type locality: Spain: Algeciras. Palaearctic: France, Spain *
  • Hercostomus patellitarsis (Parent, 1934) [Hypophyllus] (Dyte & Smith, 1980: Catal.Dipt.afrotrop.Reg.: 451) *
  • Hercostomus penicillatus (+) (Meunier, 1907) [Poecilobothrus] (Evenhuis, 1994: Catal.fossil Flies: 363 [in subg. Poecilobothrus]) * Poecilobothrus
  • Hercostomus peronus Wei Lianmeng, 1997: Journal of Guizhou Agricultural College 16(4): 35 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Guizhou, Fanjingshan. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus perspicillatus Wei, 1997: Journal of Guizhou Agricultural College 16(4): 35 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Guizhou, Fanjingshan. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus perturbus Curran, 1924: Ann.Transv.Mus. (Pretoria) 10: 225 ** Type locality: South Africa. Afrotropical: South Africa *
  • Hercostomus peterbus [F, v. perturbus] [Dyte & Smith, 1980: Catal.Dipt.afrotrop.Reg.: 451]
  • Hercostomus petilus Yang & Saigusa, 1999: Bulletin de l Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Entomologique 69: 236 (in subg. Gymnopternus) ** Type locality: China: Sichuan, Emeishan. Oriental: China * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus petulans Parent, 1939: Arb.über Morph.u.Taxonom.Ent. 6: 146 ** Type locality: Costa Rica: Hamburg Farm. Neotropical: Costa Rica *
  • Hercostomus phaedrus Wei, 1997: Journal of Guizhou Agricultural College 16(4): 36 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Yunnan, Jizhushan. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus pheobus [F, v. phoebus] [Hollis, 1963: Ann.Mag.nat.Hist. (13)5: 393]
  • Hercostomus philpotti Parent, 1933: Ann.Soc.sci.Bruxelles, Ser.B, 53: 349 ** Type locality: New Zealand: Chatham Is. Australian: New Zealand *
  • Hercostomus phoebus Parent, 1927: Ann.Soc.ent.France 96: 230 ** Type locality: Turkey: Angora, Anatolia. Palaearctic: Armenia, Turkey *
  • Hercostomus phollae Hollis, 1964: Bull.brit.Mus. (nat.Hist.), Entom. 15(4): 89 ** Type locality: Nepal: Taplejung. Oriental: Nepal *
  • Hercostomus phyllophorus (Loew, 1866) [Gymnopternus] (Becker, 1922: Abh. zool.-bot.Ges.Wien 13(1): 33) * Gymnopternus nigribarbus Loew, 1861
  • Hercostomus pilicercus Yang & Saigusa, 2001: Bull.Inst.r.Sci.nat.Belg., Entom. 71: 201 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Yunnan, Dali. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus pilicornis (Loew, 1859) [Gymnopternus] *
  • Hercostomus pilicornis (Stannius, 1831) [Dolichopus] * Hercostomus rusticus (Meigen, 1824)
  • Hercostomus pilifacies Yang & Saigusa, 2001: Bull.Inst.r.Sci.nat.Belg., Entom. 71: 203 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Yunnan, Luchun. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus pingbianensis Yang & Saigusa, 2001: Bull.Inst.r.Sci.nat.Belg., Entom. 71: 199 (in subg. Gymnopternus) ** Type locality: China: Yunnan, Pingbian. Oriental: China * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus placidus (Loew, 1873) [Gymnopternus] *
  • Hercostomus plagiatus (Loew, 1857) [Gymnopternus] *
  • Hercostomus plumatus Zhang, Yang, Grootaert, 2008: The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 56(1): 27 ** HT [ZRC, Singapore], 51 PT [ZRC, Singapore; RBINS, Brussels; IOZ, Beijing]. Type locality: Singapore: Sungei Buloh. Oriental: Singapore *
  • Hercostomus plumicornis (Meigen, 1824) [Dolichopus] (Negrobov, 1991: Catal.palaearct.Dipt. 7: 94 [in subg. Poecilobothrus]) * Poecilobothrus nobilitatus (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Hercostomus plumiger Yang & Saigusa, 2002: Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 49(1): 82 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Shaaira, Fuping. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus plumitarsi [F, v. plumitarsis] [Robinson, 1970: Catal.Dipt.S.Amer. 40: 47]
  • Hercostomus plumitarsis Parent, 1931: Abh.Ber.Mus.Tierk.Völkerk.Dresden 18 (1): 12 ** Type [Staatliches Museum fur Tierkunde, Dresden, Germany]. Type locality: Bolivia: Mapiri, Sarampiuni. Neotropical: Bolivia * Pelastoneurus
  • Hercostomus poenitens (Wheeler, 1890) [Gymnopternus] (Aldrich, 1905: Smithson.misc.Coll. 46(2) (Publ.1444): 306) * Hercostomus unicolor Loew, 1864
  • Hercostomus pokornyi Mik, 1889: Wien.ent.Ztg. 8: 305 ** Type locality: Austria: Schneealpen, in Styria. Palaearctic: Austria, France, Switzerland, Italy *
  • Hercostomus politus (Loew, 1861) [Gymnopternus] (Becker, 1922: Abh.zool.-bot.Ges.Wien 13(1): 33) * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus polleti Yang & Saigusa, 1999: Bulletin de l Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Entomologique 69: 243 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Sichuan, Emeishan. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus pollinifrons Parent, 1933: Ann.Soc.sci.Bruxelles, Ser.B, 53: 348 ** Type locality: New Zealand. Australian: New Zealand *
  • Hercostomus ponderosus Frey, 1958: Comment.biol. 18(4): 15 ** Type locality: Cape Verde Is. * Tachytrechus tessellatus (Macquart, 1842) (Grichanov, 2004: Rev. Afrotrop. Dolichopodinae (Plant Prot. News Suppl., St.Petersburg): 14)
  • Hercostomus populus Wei, 1997: Journal of Guizhou Agricultural College 16(1): 37 (in subg. Gymnopternus) ** Type locality: China: Guizhou, Fanjingshan. Oriental: China * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus porrectus Becker, 1922: Capita zool. (Den Haag) 1(4): 23 ** Type locality: China: Taiwan, "Kosempo [= Chiasien] ". Oriental: China (Taiwan) *
  • Hercostomus portentosus Wei, 1997: Journal of Guizhou Agricultural College 16(1): 35 (in subg. Gymnopternus) ** Type locality: China: Guizhou, Fanjingshan. Oriental: China * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus posticus (Brulle,1832) [Dolichopus] // Syn. of Ortochile unicolor Loew, 1850. * Ortochile nigrocoerulea Latreille, 1809 (Yang, Zhu, Wang & Zhang, 2006: World catalog of Dolichopodidae: 182)
  • Hercostomus postiseta (Yang & Saigusa, 2001) [Phalacrosoma] (Brooks, 2005: Zootaxa 857: 64) * Aphalacrosoma
  • Hercostomus potanini Stackelberg, 1933 [F 1934]: in Lindner, Flieg.palaearkt.Reg. 4(5): 118 (in key) (descr. 1934, ibid.: 163) ** Type locality: China: "Sze-chuen, Passynkou bei Tshzhumre, Chuntshao, Kussor-Tal, Mungu-Tshiuti". Palaearctic: China; Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus praeceps Loew, 1869: Beschr.eur.Dipt. 1: 285 ** Type locality: "Schlesien", "Baiern" [Poland, Germany]. * Hercostomus rothi (Zetterstedt, 1859) (Grichanov, 2002: Ent. Tidskr. 123(3):123)
  • Hercostomus praetentans Lamb, 1924: Rec.ind.Mus. 26: 108 ** Type locality: India: Assam, Garo Hills. Oriental: India *
  • Hercostomus praetextatus (Haliday, 1855) [Dolichopus] * Muscidideicus
  • Hercostomus principalis (Loew, 1861) [Gymnopternus] (Negrobov, 1991: Catal.palaearct.Dipt. 7: 93 (as syn. of Hercostomus (Poecilobothrus) fumipennis (Stannius, 1831) [in subg. Poecilobothrus]) * Poecilobothrus
  • Hercostomus problematicus Parent, 1930: Ann.naturhist.Mus.Wien 44: 14 ** Type locality: Brazil: Para, Belem. Neotropical: Brazil *
  • Hercostomus proboscidens [F, v. proboscideus] [Parent, 1929: Bull.Soc.ent.Egypte 13: 156, 175]
  • Hercostomus proboscideus Becker, 1907: Z.syst.Hym.Dipt. 7: 104 (as probosoideus [lapsus]) ** Type locality: "Aln-Dram, N. Tunis" (Tunisia), "Algier". Palaearctic: Tunisia, Algeria *
  • Hercostomus probosoideus [F, v. proboscideus] [Becker, 1907: Z.syst.Hym.Dipt. 7: 104]
  • Hercostomus procerus Wheeler, 1899: Proc.calif.Acad.Sci. (3)2 (Zool.): 8 ** ST in AMNH, CNC (2). Type locality: USA: California, along road from Monterey to Del Monte. * Hercostomus metatarsalis (Thomson, 1869) (Aldrich, 1905: Smithson.misc.Coll. 46(2) (Publ.1444): 306)
  • Hercostomus proctus Wei, 1997: Journal of Guizhou Agricultural College 16(2): 45 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Guizhou, Anshun. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus productus Wei, 1997: Journal of Guizhou Agricultural College 16(4): 39 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Guizhou, Anshun. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus projectus Yang & Saigusa, 2001: Bull.Inst.r.Sci.nat.Belg., Entom. 71: 243 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Yunnan, Yongping. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus prolixus Wei, 1997: Journal of Guizhou Agricultural College 16(2): 44 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Guizhou, Fanjingshan. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus prolongatus Ding Yang, 1996: Ann.Soc.ent.France (n.S.) 32(4): 414 ** Type locality: China: Tibet, Bomi. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus prominulus Wei, 1997: Journal of Guizhou Agricultural College 16(1): 38 (in subg. Gymnopternus) ** Type locality: China: Guizhou, Leishan. Oriental: China * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus promotus Becker, 1922: Capita zool. (Den Haag) 1(4): 23 ** Type locality: China: Taiwan, Kankau Kosempo [=Chiasien] and Sokotau; India: Simla Hills. Oriental: China, India *
  • Hercostomus propriofacies (Robinson, 1964) [Gymnopternus] * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus prorsus Wei, 1997: Journal of Guizhou Agricultural College 16(1): 39 (in subg. Gymnopternus) ** Type locality: China: Guizhou, Fanjingshan. Oriental: China * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus pseudoceler Stackelberg, 1933 [F 1934]: In Lindner, Flieg.palaearkt.Reg. 4(5): 121 (in key) (descr.: ibid., 1934: 165) ** Type locality: Russia: Ussuri. Palaearctic: Russia * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus pseudodebilis (Robinson, 1964) [Gymnopternus] * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus pseudolictor Grichanov, 2004: Rev. Afrotrop. Dolichopodinae (Plant Prot. News Suppl., St.Petersburg): 49 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: Guinea: Thuo. Afrotropical: Guinea, Ivory Coast *
  • Hercostomus pterostichoides Stackelberg, 1934: in Lindner, Flieg.palaearkt.Reg. 4 (5): 118 (in key) (descr. ibid.: 166) ** Type locality: Russia: "Ussuri-Gebiet, bei der Station Tigrovaja, Sutshan". Palaearctic: Russia *
  • Hercostomus pterostihoides [F, v. pterostichoides] [Negrobov, 1991: Catal.palaearct.Dipt. 7: 90, 283]
  • Hercostomus pulchriceps (Loew, 1857) [Gymnopternus] * Hercostomus fuscipennis (Meigen, 1824) (Negrobov, 1991: Catal.palaearct.Dipt. 7: 86)
  • Hercostomus pulchripes Vanschuytbroeck, 1951: Explor.Parc nat.Albert 74: 58 ** Type locality: Congo-Kinshasa. * Hercostomus argyropus par Parent, 1934 (Grichanov, 1999: Int.J.dipterol.Research 10(1): 9)
  • Hercostomus purpuratus Van Duzee, 1925: Psyche 32: 185 ** HT in CNC. Type locality: Canada: Manitoba, Stockton. Nearctic: Canada, USA: MB, QC, MI * Ethiromyia
  • Hercostomus purus Harmston & Knowlton, 1963: J.Kansas ent.Soc. 36(4): 231 ** HT in CAS. Type locality: USA: California, Sacramento Co., Gait. Nearctic: USA: WA, CA * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus pusillus (Loew, 1864) [Gymnopternus] (Becker, 1922: Abh.zool.-bot.Ges.Wien 13(1): 33) * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus qingchenganus Yang, 1998: Entomofauna 19(13): 234 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Sichuan, Qingchengshan. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus qinlingensis Yang & Saigusa, 2002: Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 49(1): 76 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Shaaira, Zuoshui. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus quadratus Yang & Grootaert, 1999: Bulletin de l Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles  de Belgique Entomologique 69: 256 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Yunnan, Menglun. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus quadrifilatus (Strobl, 1899) [Gymnopternus] * Hercostomus parvilamellatus (Macquart, 1827)
  • Hercostomus quadriseta Yang & Saigusa, 2001: Bull.Inst.r.Sci.nat.Belg., Entom. 71: 204 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Yunnan, Pingbian. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus quievreuxi (+) Parent & Quievreux, 1935: Enc.ent. (B) II 8: 151 *
  • Hercostomus radialis Stackelberg, 1933 [F 1934]: in Lindner, Flieg.palaarkt.Reg. 4(5): 117 (in key) (descr. ibid., 1934: 167) ** Type locality: Russia: "Station Tigrovaja, Sutshan-Distr.; Ussuri-Gebiet". Palaearctic: Russia *
  • Hercostomus regalis (Meigen, 1824) [Dolichopus] (Negrobov, 1991: Catal.Palaearct.Dipt. 7: 94 [in subg. Poecilobothrus]) * Poecilobothrus
  • Hercostomus regularis Becker, 1922: Capita zool. (Den Haag) 1(4): 28 ** Type locality: China: Taiwan. Oriental: China (Taiwan) *
  • Hercostomus relictus (Meigen 1824) [Dolichopus] * Hercostomus rusticus (Meigen, 1824)
  • Hercostomus rezniki Grichanov, 2004: Rev. Afrotrop. Dolichopodinae (Plant Prot. News Suppl., St.Petersburg): 51 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: Cameroon: Yaounde-N'Kolbisson. Afrotropical: Cameroon, Ivory Coast *
  • Hercostomus rhaphidiodes [F, v. rhaphioides] [Negrobov, 1991: Catal.palaearct.Dipt. 7: 82]
  • Hercostomus rhaphioides (Zetterstedt, 1838) [Chrysotus] (Negrobov, 1991: Catal. palaearct. Dipt. 7: 82) * Hercostomus metallicus (Stannius, 1831) (Grichanov, 2006: Int. J. Dipterol. Res. 17(3): 180 [in subg. Gymnopternus])
  • Hercostomus rhodesiensis Parent, 1939: Rev.Zool.Bot.afr. 32: 273 ** Type locality: Zimbabwe. Afrotropical: Zimbabwe, ?Congo-Kinshasa *
  • Hercostomus riparius Negrobov & Grichanov, 1982: Trudy zool.Inst.Akad.Nauk SSSR 110: 107 ** Type locality: Kirgizia: Issik-Kul, Ananievo. Palaearctic: Kirgizia *
  • Hercostomus rivulorum Stackelberg, 1933 [F 1934]: in Lindner, Flieg.palaearkt.Reg. 4(5): 120 (in key) (descr. ibid. 1934: 167) ** Type locality: Russia: "Station Tigrovaja, Sutshan-Distr. : Ussuri Gebiet". Palaearctic: Russia *
  • Hercostomus robustus Van Duzee, 1925: Psyche 32: 189 (in subg. Gymnopternus) ** HT in CUIC. Type locality: USA: New York, Manlius. Nearctic: USA: New York * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus rogenhoferi (Mik, 1878) [Orthochile] *
  • Hercostomus rogenhofferi [F, v. rogenhoferi] [Stackelberg, 1934: in Lindner, Flieg.palaearkt.Reg. 4(5): 168]
  • Hercostomus rohdendorfi Stackelberg, 1933 [F 1934]: in Lindner, Flieg.palaearkt.Reg. 4(5): 121 (in key) (descr. ibid. 1934: 169) ** Type locality: Russia: "Ussuri Gebiet, beim Dorf Jakovlevka, Distr. Spassk". Palaearctic: Russia *
  • Hercostomus rollei Parent, 1941: Ann.Mag.nat.Hist. (11)7: 219 ** Type locality: China: Taiwan, Toyenmongai, nr Tainan. Oriental: China (Taiwan) * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus rostellatus (Loew, 1871) [Gymnopternus] *
  • Hercostomus rothi (Zetterstedt, 1859) [Dolichopus] *
  • Hercostomus rotundatus Yang & Saigusa, 1999: Bull.Inst.r.Sci.nat.Belg., Entom. 69: 244 ** Type locality: China: Sichuan, Emeishan. Oriental: China, Nepal * Allohercostomus
  • Hercostomus rubiginipennis (Parent, 1926) [Dolichopus] * Hercostomus germanus (Wiedemann, 1817)
  • Hercostomus rubroviridis Parent, 1927: C.r.Congr.Soc.Sav.Paris 1926: 472 ** Type locality: China: "Chine du Nord: Monts Nan Chan; Cha Tchfiou a a Kan Tchfiou". Palaearctic: Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Mongolia, China *
  • Hercostomus rubroviridis Stackelberg, 1933: in Lindner, Flieg.palaearkt.Reg. 4(5): ... (in key) (nec Parent, 1927) * Hercostomus rubroviridissimus Negrobov, 1977 (nom.nov.)
  • Hercostomus rubroviridissimus Negrobov, 1977: Folia ent.hung. (S.n.) 30(2): 84 (nom.nov. for Hercostomus rubroviridis Stackelberg, 1933, nec Parent, 1927) ** Type locality: Mongolia: "Bajanchongor aimak, Echin-Gol, 50 km NNO Cagan-Bogdo". Palaearctic: Uzbekistan, Mongolia *
  • Hercostomus ruficauda (Zetterstedt, 1859) [Dolichopus] // unrecognized (Becker, 1917: N.Acta Acad.leop., Halle, 102: 154) * (Grichanov, 2002: Ent. Tidskr. 123(3):123)
  • Hercostomus ruficornis (Aldrich, 1896) [Gymnopternus] (Becker, 1922: Abh.zool.-bot.Ges.Wien 13(1): 33) * Paraclius
  • Hercostomus rusticosa [F, v. rusticus] [Becker, 1922: Abh.zool.-bot.Ges.Wien 13(1): 158]
  • Hercostomus rusticus (Meigen, 1824) [Dolichopus] *
  • Hercostomus rusticus (Stannius, 1831) [Dolichopus] (nec Meigen, 1824) * Hercostomus ?vivax (Loew, 1857)
  • Hercostomus saetiger Yang & Saigusa, 2002: Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 49(1): 71 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Shaaim, Zuoshui. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus saetosus Yang & Saigusa, 2002: Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 49(1): 63 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Shaaira, Fuping. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus sahlbergi (Zetterstedt, 1838) [Dolichopus] *
  • Hercostomus sahlbergi auctt. (nec Zetterstedt, 1838) * Hercostomus vockerothi d' Assis Fonseca, 1976 (deserves a new name)
  • Hercostomus saigusai Olejníèek, 2004: Acta Zoologica Universitatis Comenianae, Bratislava 46(1): 10 ** Type locality: China: Shaanxi, Qinling, Xunyangba. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus santosi Parent, 1929: in Santos Abreu, Mem.Acad.Barcelona (3) 21: 26 ** Type locality: Spain: Canary Is., La Palma. Palaearctic: Spain (Canary Is.) *
  • Hercostomus saranganicus Stackelberg, 1931: Arch.hydrobiol. (Stuttgart), Suppl.-Band 8: 772 ** Type locality: Indonesia: Java, Sarangan. Oriental: Indonesia *
  • Hercostomus sartus Stackelberg, 1927: Konowia 6: 226 ** Type locality: Uzbekistan: " Jagnob prov. Samarkandicae, Turkestaniae". Palaearctic: Uzbekistan, Tajikistan *
  • Hercostomus sarus (Haliday, 1832) [Dolichopus] (Becker, 1917: N.Acta Acad.leop., Halle, 102: 211) * Hercostomus celer (Meigen, 1824)
  • Hercostomus scharffi Grichanov, 1999: Int.J.dipterol.Research 10(1): 36 ** Type locality: Tanzania: Uzungwe Mts., Mwanihana. Afrotropical: Tanzania *
  • Hercostomus schlingeri Harmston & Knowlton, 1963: J.Kansas ent.Soc. 36(4): 237 ** HT in CAS. Type locality: USA: California, Glendale. Nearctic: USA: California * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus scotias (Loew, 1861) [Gymnopternus] (Becker, 1922: Abh.zool.-bot.Ges.Wien 13(1): 33) * Gymnopternus
  • Hercostomus scotti Grichanov, 1999: Int.J.dipterol.Research 10(1): 19 ** Type locality: Yemen: W. Aden Prot., Wadi Dareija, S. W. of Dhala. Afrotropical: Yemen *
  • Hercostomus selikhovkini Grichanov, 1999: Int.J.dipterol.Research 10(1): 17** Type locality: Tanzania: Uzungwe Mts. Afrotropical: Tanzania  *
  • Hercostomus selkovnikovi [F, v. shelkovnikovi] [Parent, 1927: Ann.Soc.ent.France 96: 229]
  • Hercostomus separatus d'Assis Fonseca, 1976: Ent.monthly Mag. 111: 27 ** Type locality: Yugoslavia: Ombla Tal. Palaearctic: Romania, Yugoslavia *
  • Hercostomus sequens Becker, 1922: Capita zool. (Den Haag) 1(4): 29 ** Type locality: China: Taiwan, Chip-Chip [= Chichi]. Oriental: China (Taiwan) *
  • Hercostomus serratus Yang & Saigusa, 1999: Bulletin de l Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Entomologique 69: 245 (in subg. Hercostomus) ** Type locality: China: Sichuan, Emeishan. Oriental: China, Nepal *
  • Hercostomus serriformis Liao, Zhou & Yang, 2006: Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Entomologie 76: 51 ** HT [CAU, Beijing], Type locality: Guangxi: Dayaoshan national nature Reserve. Oriental: China *
  • Hercostomus serrulatus Yang & Grootaert, 1999: Bulletin