Elachiptera

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: Muscomorpha
Sectio: Schizophora
Subsectio: Acalyptrata
Superfamilia: Carnoidea

Familia: Chloropidae
Subfamilia: Oscinellinae
Genus: Elachiptera

Species: E. agricola – E. albitarsis – E. aliena – E. angusta – E. angustifrons – E. angustistylum – E. assamensis – E. austriaca – E. bengalensis – E. biculiminata – E. breviscutellata – E. californica – E. comoroensis – E. confluens – E. coniotrigona – E. cultrata – E. diastema – E. dubia – E. edwardsi – E. ensifer – E. erythropleura – E. femoratus – E. flaviceps – E. flavida – E. freyi – E. graeca – E. indica – E. japonica – E. knowltoni – E. lenis – E. lindbergi – E. lividipennis – E. longicosta – E. luteopilosa – E. lyrica – E. maculinervis – E. maculipennis – E. minima – E. molybdaena – E. occipitalis – E. octoseta – E. opaca – E. orizae – E. oscurata – E. pechumani – E. pollinosa – E. popovi – E. pubescens – E. punctulata – E. rubida – E. rubrolimbata – E. rufifrons – E. salinaria – E. sarda – E. simplicipes – E. straitfrons – E. submediterranea – E. tanganyikae – E. tau – E. tecta – E. triangularis – E. ugandae – E. umbrosa – E. unimaculata – E. uniseta – E. viator – E. vittata – E. willistoni – E. xizangensis
Name

Elachiptera Macquart, 1835: 621.

Type species: Chorops brevipennis Meigen, 1830 (original designation)
References

Macquart, P.-J.-M. 1835. Historie naturelle des Insectes. Diptères. Tome deuxième, Diptera 2. 703 pp., 12 pls. Collection des suites à Buffon. Paris. BHL Reference page.
Nartshuk, E.P. 2009: Three new species of Chloropidae (Diptera) from southern Sardinia. Pp. 545-551 in: Cerretti, P.; Mason, F.; Minelli, A.; Nardi, G.; Whitmore, D. (eds), Research on the terrestrial arthropods of Sardinia (Italy). Zootaxa, 2318: 1–602. Abstract & excerpt PDF
Nartshuk, E.P.; Tschirnhaus, M. von 2012: New generic synonyms in the Chloropidae (Diptera, Acalyptratae), with additional taxonomic notes. Zootaxa, 3267: 44–54. Preview
Wheeler, T.A. & Forrest, J. 2002. A new species of Elachiptera Macquart from the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador, and the taxonomic status of Ceratobarys Coquillett (Diptera: Chloropidae). Zootaxa 98: 1–9. Abstract & excerpt Reference page.

Elachiptera is a genus of frit flies in the family Chloropidae. There are about 18 described species in Elachiptera.[1][2]
Contents

1 Species
2 References
3 Further reading
4 External links

Species

Elachiptera angusta Sabrosky, 1948
Elachiptera angustifrons Sabrosky, 1948
Elachiptera angustistylum Sabrosky, 1948
Elachiptera californica Sabrosky, 1948
Elachiptera costata (Loew, 1863)
Elachiptera decipiens (Loew, 1863)
Elachiptera erythropleura Sabrosky, 1948
Elachiptera flaviceps Sabrosky, 1948
Elachiptera formosa (Loew, 1863)
Elachiptera knowltoni Sabrosky, 1948
Elachiptera longiventris (Johannsen, 1924)
Elachiptera nigriceps (Loew, 1863)
Elachiptera pechumani Sabrosky, 1948
Elachiptera penita (Adams, 1908)
Elachiptera punctulata Becker, 1912
Elachiptera tau Sabrosky, 1948
Elachiptera vittata Sabrosky, 1948
Elachiptera willistoni Sabrosky, 1948

References

"Elachiptera Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2 February 2018.

"Elachiptera Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2 February 2018.