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Lichtwardtia

Genus of flies

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Lichtwardtia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is known from the Afrotropical, Oriental and Australasian realms. It can be recognised by its zigzag-shaped M vein on the wings, and its feather-like hairs on the apex segment of the antennae. In a phylogenetic analysis of the subfamily Dolichopodinae by Scott E. Brooks in 2005, Lichtwardtia is considered to be a synonym of Dolichopus, but subsequent authors have retained it as a valid genus.

Species

*Lichtwardtia aethiopica (Bezzi, 1906) *Lichtwardtia aldabrensis Meuffels & Grootaert, 2007 *Lichtwardtia angularis (Macquart, 1842) *Lichtwardtia angulicornis Grichanov, 2004 *Lichtwardtia cambodiensis Tang & Grootaert, 2018 *Lichtwardtia dianaensis Grichanov, 2019 *Lichtwardtia emelyanovi Grichanov, 1998 *Lichtwardtia formosana Enderlein, 1912 *Lichtwardtia hilgerae Grichanov, 2004 *Lichtwardtia microlepis (Parent, 1939) *Lichtwardtia musolini Grichanov, 2019 *Lichtwardtia nabozhenkoi Grichanov, 2020 *Lichtwardtia nigrifacies Grichanov, 2004 *Lichtwardtia nigrotorquata (Parent, 1937) *Lichtwardtia nikitai Grichanov, 2019 *Lichtwardtia nikolaevae Grichanov, 1998 *Lichtwardtia nodulata Grootaert & Tang, 2018 *Lichtwardtia oromiaensis Grichanov, 2019 *Lichtwardtia polychroma (Loew, 1864) *Lichtwardtia semakau Grootaert & Tang, 2018 *Lichtwardtia singaporensis Grootaert & Tang, 2018 *Lichtwardtia sukharevae Grichanov, 1998 *Lichtwardtia tikhonovi Grichanov, 1998 *Lichtwardtia zhangae Tang & Grootaert, 2018 The following species are considered nomina dubia: *Lichtwardtia coxalis (Kertész, 1901) *Lichtwardtia ziczac (Wiedemann, 1824) Lichtwardtia taiwanensis Zhang, Masunaga & Yang, 2009 is a synonym of L. formosana Enderlein, 1912 .

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