Richardia

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: Tephritoidea

Familia: Richardiidae
Genus: Richardia
Species (29): R. analis – R. annulata – R. calcarata – R. centraliamericana – R. concinna – R. eburneosignata – R. elegans – R. flavipes – R. hendeliana – R. infestans – R. laeta – R. laterina – R. latibrachium – R. lichtwardti – R. numerifera – R. pectinata – R. podagrica – R. proxima – R. saltatoria – R. schnusei – R. stylops – R. teevani – R. telescopica – R. tephritina – R. tuberculata – R. undulata – R. unifasciata – R. unimaculata – R. virdiventris

[source: Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist]
Name

Richardia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

Primary references

Robineau-Desvoidy 1830: Mém. présentés Acad. Roy. Sci. Inst. France, 2, 728.

Richardia is a genus of flies in the family Richardiidae.[1] It was first described by French entomologist Jean-Baptiste Robineau-Desvoid in 1830. It occurs from Mexico to Central and South America.[2]
Description

The genus includes species with strongly enlarged heads (hypercephalism) and "eyestalks" (eyes inserted in the lateral projection of the head) such as the males R. telescopica and R. stylops.[3] Stalk-eyed flies in family Diopsidae have their antennae located on the stalk, rather than in the middle of the head as in Richardiidae.
Taxonomy

The Richardia genus comprises the following species:[2]

Richardia advena
Richardia analis Hendel, 1911
Richardia annulata (Macquart, 1835
Richardia calcarata Hendel, 1912
Richardia centraliamericana Hennig, 1937
Richardia concinna Wulp, 1899
Richardia eburneosignata Hennig, 1937
Richardia elegans Wulp, 1899
Richardia flavipes Schiner, 1868
Richardia hendeliana Enderlein, 1913
Richardia infestans Enderlein, 1912
Richardia laeta Walker, 1853
Richardia laterina Rondani, 1848
Richardia latibrachium Enderlein, 1912
Richardia lichtwardti Hendel, 1911
Richardia numerifera Speiser, 1911
Richardia pectinata Hendel, 1912
Richardia podagrica Fabricius, 1805
Richardia proxima Schiner, 1868
Richardia saltatoria Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
Richardia schnusei Hendel, 1911
Richardia stylops Hennig, 1938
Richardia teevani Curran, 1934
Richardia telescopica Gerstaecker, 1860
Richardia tephritina Enderlein, 191
Richardia tuberculata Hendel, 1911
Richardia undulata Hennig, 1937
Richardia unifasciata Rondani, 1848
Richardia unimaculata Hendel, 1911
Richardia viridiventris Wulp, 1899

References

Wendt, Lisiane D.; Ale‐Rocha, Rosaly (April 2015). "Antlered richardiid flies: new species of Richardia (Tephritoidea: Richardiidae) with antler‐like genal processes". Entomological Science. 18 (2): 153–166. doi:10.1111/ens.12122.
"Richardia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
Hurley, Imogen Anne (2002). The developmental genetics of exaggerated eyespan in stalk-eyed flies (Doctoral thesis). UCL (University College London).