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Acropsilus
Sign in to saveAcropsilus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is unplaced in the family, having been placed variously in subfamilies such as Sympycninae or Peloropeodinae. It is superficially similar to the Medeterinae.
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It sits within the topics Dolichopodidae, Dolichopodidae genera and Flies of Africa.
Its subject is documented across 4 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Australia
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Acropsilus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is unplaced in the family, having been placed variously in subfamilies such as Sympycninae or Peloropeodinae. It is superficially similar to the Medeterinae.
==Species== The genus contains 30 species: Acropsilus albitibia Bickel, 1998 Acropsilus boharti Bickel, 1998 Acropsilus brevitalus (Parent, 1937) Acropsilus colmani Bickel, 1998 Acropsilus eburneensis Couturier, 1978 Acropsilus errabundus Lamb, 1922 Acropsilus guangdongensis Wang, Yang & Grootaert, 2007 Acropsilus guangxiensis Wang, Yang & Grootaert, 2007 Acropsilus igori Negrobov, 1984 Acropsilus jinxiuensis Wang, Yang & Grootaert, 2007 Acropsilus kuranda Bickel, 1998 Acropsilus luoxiangensis Wang, Yang & Grootaert, 2007 Acropsilus malaita Bickel, 1998 Acropsilus maprik Bickel, 1998 Acropsilus minutulus (Vanschuytbroeck, 1951) Acropsilus minutus Hollis, 1964 Acropsilus niger (Loew, 1869) Acropsilus nigricornis Bickel, 1998 Acropsilus olegi Grichanov, 1998 Acropsilus opipara (Wei, 2006) Acropsilus perminutus (Parent, 1937) Acropsilus protractus Robinson, 1963 Acropsilus putosa Bickel, 1998 Acropsilus stekolnikovi Grichanov, 1998 Acropsilus toma Bickel, 1998 Acropsilus udot Bickel, 1998 Acropsilus vorax (Curran, 1927) Acropsilus yunnanensis Wang, Yang & Grootaert, 2007 Acropsilus zengchenensis Wang, Yang & Grootaert, 2007 Acropsilus zhuae Wang, Yang & Grootaert, 2007
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