Campsicnemus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Brachycera
Infraordo: Asilomorpha
Superfamilia: Empidoidea

Familia: Dolichopodidae
Subfamilia: Sympycninae
Genus: Campsicnemus
Species (296): C. aa – C. acuticornis – C. adachiae – C. aeptus – C. alaskensis – C. albicomus – C. albitarsus – C. alexanderi – C. alpinus – C. amana – C. ambytylus – C. americanus – C. amini – C. aniani – C. arcuatus – C. argyropterus – C. armatus – C. armoricanus – C. asterisk – C. atlanticus – C. aurilobus – C. azyx – C. barbitibia – C. bartletti – C. bellulus – C. bicirritus – C. bicoloripes – C. bicrenatus – C. biseta – C. borabora – C. breviciliatus – C. brevipes – C. brevitibia – C. brunnescens – C. bryanti – C. bryophilus – C. caffer – C. calcaratus – C. calcaritarsus – C. camptoplax – C. capellarii – C. capitulatus – C. carinatus – C. charliechaplini – C. chauliopodus – C. cheesmanae – C. ciliatoides – C. ciliatus – C. cinctipus – C. claudicans – C. clinotibia – C. coloradensis – C. comatus – C. compeditus – C. compressus – C. congregatus – C. coniculus – C. contortus – C. cracens – C. craigi – C. crassipes – C. crinitarsis – C. crinitibia – C. crispatus – C. crossotibia – C. crossotus – C. curvipes – C. curvispina – C. darvazicus – C. dasycnemus – C. deficiens – C. degener – C. depauperatus – C. diamphidius – C. dicondylus – C. diffusus – C. digitatus – C. disjunctus – C. distinctus – C. distortipes – C. divergens – C. drymoscartes – C. dytei – C. ee – C. elinae – C. elmoi – C. englundi – C. ephydrus – C. exiguus – C. eximius – C. expansus – C. femoratus – C. ferrugineus – C. filipes – C. fimbriatus – C. finitimus – C. flavipes – C. flavissimus – C. flexuosus – C. fragilis – C. fulvifacies – C. fumipennis – C. fusticulus – C. gladiator – C. glaucus – C. gloriamontis – C. gloriosus – C. goniochaeta – C. grimshawi – C. haleakalaae – C. halidayi – C. halonae – C. hao – C. hardyi – C. hawaiiensis – C. helvolus – C. hihiroa – C. hirtipes – C. hispanicus – C. hispidipes – C. hiwi – C. hoplitipodus – C. hygrophilus – C. ii – C. iii – C. impariseta – C. inaequalis – C. indecorus – C. inermipes – C. inornatus – C. insuetus – C. intermittens – C. invaginatus – C. issykkulensis – C. kaluanui – C. kariae – C. keokeo – C. kohala – C. kokokekuku – C. kolekole – C. konahema – C. kuku – C. kumukumu – C. labilis – C. lantsovi – C. latipenna – C. lawakua – C. lepidochaites – C. leucostoma – C. limnobates – C. lineatus – C. lipothrix – C. lobatus – C. longiciliatus – C. longiquus – C. longitarsus – C. longitibia – C. loripes – C. loxothrix – C. lucidus – C. lumbatus – C. macula – C. maculatus – C. magius – C. makua – C. mamillatus – C. mammiculatus – C. manaka – C. marginatus – C. marilynae – C. maui – C. maukele – C. mediofloccus – C. melanus – C. membranilobus – C. meridionalis – C. meyeri – C. milleri – C. mirabilis – C. miritibialis – C. miser – C. modicus – C. montanus – C. montgomeryi – C. moorea – C. mucronatus – C. mundulus – C. mylloseta – C. nambai – C. neoplatystylatus – C. nigricollis – C. nigripes – C. nigroanalis – C. niveisoma – C. norops – C. obscuratus – C. obscurus – C. oedipus – C. ogradyi – C. olympicola – C. oo – C. oregonensis – C. ornatus – C. ostlinx – C. pallidus – C. paniculatus – C. panini – C. paradoxus – C. paralobatus – C. parvulus – C. patellifer – C. pe – C. pectinatus – C. penicillatoides – C. penicillatus – C. perkinsi – C. perplexus – C. petalicnemus – C. pherocteis – C. philoctetes – C. philohydratus – C. picticornis – C. pilitarsis – C. planitibia – C. platystylatus – C. plautinus – C. plautus – C. poho – C. polhemusi – C. popeye – C. prestoni – C. profusus – C. puali – C. pumilio – C. pusillus – C. putillus – C. puuoumi – C. pycnochaeta – C. quasimodicus – C. rectus – C. restrictus – C. rheocrenus – C. rhyphopus – C. ridiculoides – C. ridiculus – C. rufinus – C. sanctaehelenae – C. scambus – C. sciarus – C. scolimerus – C. scurra – C. setiger – C. silvaticus – C. simplicipes – C. simplicissimus – C. sinuatus – C. sinuosus – C. spectabulus – C. spinicoxa – C. spuh – C. tahaanus – C. taratara – C. tarsiciliatus – C. terracola – C. thersites – C. tibialis – C. tomkovichi – C. truncatus – C. tunoa – C. uha – C. ui – C. umbripennis – C. uncatus – C. uncleremus – C. undulatus – C. unipunctatus – C. unu – C. utahensis – C. uttarakhandicus – C. uu – C. vafellus – C. vanduzeei – C. varipes – C. versicolorus – C. viridulus – C. vtorovi – C. waialealeensis – C. wheeleri – C. wilderae – C. williamsi – C. yangi – C. yunnanensis – C. zigzag – C. zimmermani – C. zlobini – C. zoeae

[source: Catalogue of Life: 2013 Annual Checklist, plus (53) C. aa – C. adachiae – C. aniani – C. azyx – C. bartletti – C. capellarii – C. cheesmanae – C. ciliatoides – C. craigi – C. dytei – C. ee – C. elinae – C. elmoi – C. englundi – C. flavissimus – C. gladiator – C. hao – C. hihiroa – C. hiwi – C. ii – C. iii – C. issykkulensis – C. kaluanui – C. kariae – C. kohala – C. kolekole – C. konahema – C. kumukumu – C. leucostoma – C. marilynae – C. meridionalis – C. meyeri – C. moorea – C. niveisoma – C. oo – C. pallidoapicalis – C. pectinatus – C. perkinsi – C. plautus – C. poho – C. popeye – C. prestoni – C. puuoumi – C. quasimodicus – C. ridiculoides – C. sanctaehelenae – C. spectabulus – C. taratara – C. tomkovichi – C. uttarakhandicus – C. uu – C. zlobini – C. zoeae
; minus (4) C. deserti – C. flaviventer – C. furax – C. uniseta
]
Name

Campsicnemus Haliday in Walker, 1851: 187 [new replacement name for Camptosceles Haliday, 1832] [conserved name] [nomen protectum in Evenhuis (2003)]

Type species: Dolichopus scambus Fallén, 1823, by validation by ICZN (1958: 351) (Opinion 531).

Synonyms

Camptosceles Haliday, 1832: 357 [suppressed name]
Leptopezina Macquart, 1835: 554 [nomen oblitum in Evenhuis (2003)]
Type species: Diastata gracilipes Meigen, 1830, by monotypy.
Emperoptera Grimshaw in Grimshaw & Speiser, 1902: 81 [synonymy in Evenhuis (2010: 36)]
Type species: Emperoptera mirabilis Grimshaw, 1902, by monotypy.
Camptoscelus Kertész, 1909: 306 [unjustified emendation of Camptosceles Haliday]
Type species: Dolichopus scambus Fallén, 1823, automatic.

Campsicnemus curvipes

References
Primary references

Evenhuis, N.L. 2003. Review of the Hawaiian Campsicnemus species from Kaua'i (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with key and descriptions of new species. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 75: 1–34. PDF.
Evenhuis, N.L. 2010. Morphological and molecular evidence support the synonymy of Emperoptera Grimshaw with Campsicnemus Haliday (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 108: 35–44. PDF. Reference page.
Haliday 1832: Zool. Journ., 5 (19), 357.
Haliday 1851 in Walker, Ins. Brit., Dipt. 1, 187.

Additional references

Evenhuis, N.L. 1996. New species of Campsicnemus from the Waianae Range of Oahu, Hawaii (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 45: 54–58. PDF.
Evenhuis, N.L. 2000. A new species of Hawaiian Campsicnemus (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from rosettes of the lobeliad Lobelia gloria-montis (Campanulaceae) on Maui. Bishop Museum occasional papers 62: 1–3. PDF.
Evenhuis, N.L. 2000. Water-skating Campsicnemus of the Marquesas Islands, including two new species (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 107(4): 289–296. JSTOR Hybrid open access journal.
Evenhuis, N.L. 2007. New Species of Hawaiian Campsicnemus (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 95: 9–16. PDF.
Evenhuis, N.L. 2008. The Campsicnemus lobatus and zigzag groups in the Society Islands, French Polynesia (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Zootaxa 1910: 27–44. Abstract & excerpt PDF
Evenhuis, N.L. 2009. Review of Campsicnemus (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) of the Marquesas, French Polynesia, with description of four new species groups. Zootaxa 2004: 25–48. Abstract & excerpt PDF Reference page.
Evenhuis, N.L. 2011. New species of Campsicnemus from East Maui, Hawaiian Islands (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). In: Evenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds.) Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2009–2010. Bishop Museum occasional papers 109: 15–22. PDF (broken). PDF (full volume). Reference page.
Evenhuis, N.L. 2012. Review of the Campsicnemus fumipennis group (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) in the Hawaiian islands, with descriptions of new species and corrections of misidentifications. Zootaxa 3497: 1–16. Preview PDF Reference page.
Evenhuis, N.L. 2012. New species of Campsicnemus (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from the Ko'olau Mountains of O'ahu, Hawaiian Islands. Bishop Museum occasional papers 112: 9–16. PDF Reference page.
Evenhuis, N.L. 2012. A new species of Campsicnemus from the Far East of Russia with some new records (Dolichopodidae, Diptera). Amurian Zoological Journal 4(3): 250–252. PDF.
Evenhuis, N.L. 2013. New species of Campsicnemus Haliday (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from the Kohala Mountains, Hawai‘i Island. Bishop Museum occasional papers 114: 49–56. PDF. Reference page.
Evenhuis, N.L. 2013. The Campsicnemus popeye species group (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from French Polynesia. Zootaxa 3694(3): 271–279. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3694.3.7 Open access. Reference page.
Evenhuis, N.L. 2015. New species of Campsicnemus Haliday (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Molokai, Hawaiian Islands. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 116: 3–17. PDF.
Evenhuis, N.L. 2016. Simply ridiculus: new species of the Campsicnemus ridiculus group from Hawai`i and the Marquesas (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 118: 33–38. PDF.
Evenhuis, N.L. 2018. A new species of flightless Campsicnemus (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from the Wai'anae Range, O'ahu, Hawaiian Islands. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 123: 25–30. PDF.
Evenhuis, N.L. 2021. New synonymies in Hawaiian Diptera (Insecta). In: Evenhuis, N.L. (ed.) Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2020. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 137: 21–23. PDF.
Evenhuis, N.L., Pape, T. & Pont, A.C. 2016. Nomenclatural Studies Toward a World List of Diptera Genus:-Group Names. Part V: Pierre-Justin-Marie Macquart. Zootaxa 4172(1): 1–211. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4172.1.1 Open access. Full article (PDF) ISBN 978-1-77557-528-3 (paperback); ISBN 978-1-77557-529-0 (Online edition) Reference page.
Grichanov I.Ya. 2016. Two new species of Campsicnemus Haliday, 1851 from India with notes on some Oriental Dolichopodidae (Diptera). Halteres 7: 35–42. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.54871 Open access. PDF.
Hardy, D.E. & Kohn, M.A. 1964. Family Dolichopodidae. Pp. 13–256. In: Zimmerman, E.C. (ed.) Insects of Hawaii 11. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu. vii + 458 pp. hdl: 10125/7340 Open access. Reference page.
Wang, M.Q., Liu, R., Przhiboro, A. & Yang, D. 2016. New species of Dolichopodidae from eastern Mongolia (Diptera). Zoological Systematics 41(1): 102–108. DOI: 10.11865/zs.201607 Reference page.

Campsicnemus is a genus of flies in family Dolichopodidae. There are more than 290 described species, made up of 34 Palearctic, 22 Nearctic, seven Afrotropic, 170 Australasian and Oceanian, and seven Indomalayan species.[4] Some species endemic to the Hawaiian islands are characterized by their lack of wings. After the introduction of invasive ants and other alien species such as wild boar (Sus scrofa) [5] to the islands, some of these flightless species are believed extinct.[6]

The generic name is derived from the Ancient Greek καμψις ("curve") and κνημη ("tibia"). This refers to the modified mid tibia of the males, a male secondary sexual character that is very distinct in Campsicnemus.[7]