Cheiromyia

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: Dolichopodinae
Genus: Cheiromyia
Species (8): C. bicornis – C. brevitarsis – C. carolina – C. fuscipennis – C. laselva – C. nordestina – C. palmaticornis – C. pennaticornis
Name

Cheiromyia Dyte, 1980: 223 [replacement name for Cheirocerus Parent, 1930]

Type species: Cheirocerus palmaticornis Parent, 1930, automatic.
Synonyms

Cheirocerus Parent, 1930: 13 [preoccupied by Cheirocerus Eigenmann, 1917]
Type species: Cheirocerus palmaticornis Parent, 1930, by monotypy.

References

Brooks, S.E., Cumming, J.M. & Pollet, M.A.A. 2010. Revision of the Neotropical genus Cheiromyia Dyte (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Zootaxa 2333: 41–58. Preview PDF. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2333.1.3 Open access. Reference page.
Brooks, S.E., Cumming, J.M., Limeira-de-Oliveira, F. & Pollet, M. 2018. New species and records of Cheiromyia Dyte from Brazil and French Guiana (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Zootaxa 4444(3): 267–282. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4444.3.3 Open access. Reference page.
Dyte, C.E. 1980. Some replacement names in the Dolichopodidae (Diptera). Entomologica Scandinavica 11: 223–224. DOI: 10.1163/187631280X00545

Cheiromyia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is found in the Neotropical realm. It was originally named Cheirocerus by Octave Parent in 1930, but was renamed to Cheiromyia by C. E. Dyte in 1980 after it was found to be preoccupied by the catfish genus Cheirocerus (Eigenmann, 1917).[1]
Species

Cheiromyia bicornis Brooks in Brooks, Cumming & Pollet, 2010[3]
Cheiromyia brevitarsis Brooks in Brooks, Cumming & Pollet, 2010[3]
Cheiromyia carolina Limeira-de-Oliveira & Brooks, 2018[4]
Cheiromyia fuscipennis Pollet & Brooks, 2018[4]
Cheiromyia laselva Brooks in Brooks, Cumming & Pollet, 2010[3]
Cheiromyia nordestina Limeira-de-Oliveira & Cumming, 2018[4]
Cheiromyia palmaticornis (Parent, 1930)[2]
Cheiromyia pennaticornus (Parent, 1931)[5]

Cheiromyia maculipennis (Van Duzee, 1934)[6] was transferred to Paraclius in 2010.[3]
References

Dyte, C. E. (1980). "Some replacement names in the Dolichopodidae (Diptera)". Ent. Scand. 11 (2): 223–224. doi:10.1163/187631280X00545.
Parent, O. (1930). "Ergebnisse einer zoologischen Sammelreise nach Brasilien, insbesondere in das Amazonasgebiet, ausgeführt von Dr. H. Zerny. III. Teil. Diptera: Dolichopodidae". Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. 44: 5–26.
Brooks, Scott E.; Cumming, Jeffrey M.; Pollet, Marc A. A. (2010). "Revision of the Neotropical genus Cheiromyia Dyte (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". Zootaxa. 2333: 41–58. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2333.1.3. S2CID 3960554.
Brooks, S. E.; Cumming, J. M.; Limeira-de-Oliveira, F.; Pollet, M. (2018). "New species and records of Cheiromyia Dyte from Brazil and French Guiana (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". Zootaxa. 4444 (3): 267–282. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4444.3.3. PMID 30313923.
Parent, O. (1931). "Diptères Dolichopodides de l'Amérique du Sud espèces nouvelles figurant dans la collection Schnuse conservée aux Staatliche museen für tierkunde und völkerkunde zu Dresden". Abhandlungen und berichte der Museen für tierkunde und völkerkunde zu Dresden. 18: 1–18.
Van Duzee, M.C. (1934). "The Diptera of Kartabo, Bartica District, British Guiana : with descriptions of new species from other British Guiana localities". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 66: 365–374.