Sphyrotarsus Mik, 1874

Grichanov, Igor Ya., 2013, West Palaearctic species of the genus Diostracus Loew, 1861 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 61, pp. 1-14 : 5

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2013.61
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C47F5484-764A-41E9-8913-3CCB0092B0DF
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3843927
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0705B36D-FFD9-1C0A-F27C-A4C70318488D
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Sphyrotarsus Mik, 1874
status	stat. nov.

Treatment

Subgenus Sphyrotarsus Mik, 1874 View in CoL , stat. nov.

Sphyrotarsus Mik, 1874: 342 View in CoL . — Grichanov et al. 2011b: 25 (diagnosis).

Diagnosis

As presently defined, the subgenus differs from other subgenera in the presence of 6 (vs. 2–4) long bristles on the scutellum in addition to the glabrous antennal scape ( Negrobov 1973; Grichanov et al. 2011b). These characters are rather variable in Asian Diostracus species (e.g., Saigusa 1984, 1995; Saigusa et al. 1997; Yang et al. 2011). Parent (1938) also used variable male secondary sexual characters to distinguish Sphyrotarsus from Asphyrotarsus (= Diostracus ).

Type species

Sphyrotarsus argyrostomus Mik, 1874 View in CoL (by monotypy).