Nothorhaphium

Nothorhaphium
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Dolichopodidae
Subfamily:	Sympycninae
Genus:	Nothorhaphium Bickel, 1999[1]
Type species
Syntormon aemulans Becker, 1922

Nothorhaphium is a genus of flies belonging to the family Dolichopodidae.[2][3] It includes four species from Australia and a single species from New Guinea.[1] Nothorhaphium superficially resembles the genus Rhaphium, but it belongs in the subfamily Sympycninae and is thought to be closely related to the genera Syntormon, Parasyntormon and Ceratopos. The name of the genus is derived from the Greek νόθος (nóthos, "false"), and Rhaphium.[1]

Species

• Nothorhaphium aemulans (Becker, 1922) – widespread in Australia, Norfolk Island
• Nothorhaphium callosum Bickel, 1999 – West Australia, Victoria
• Nothorhaphium curalo Bickel, 1999 – New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania
• Nothorhaphium nudicorne Bickel, 1999 – Tasmania, South Australia, West Australia
• Nothorhaphium oro Bickel, 1999 – Papua New Guinea

References

1. Bickel, D. J. (1999). "Australian Sympycninae II: Syntormon Loew and Nothorhaphium, gen. nov., with a treatment of the Western Pacific fauna, and notes on the subfamily Rhaphiinae and Dactylonotus Parent (Diptera : Dolichopodidae)". Invertebrate Taxonomy. 13 (1): 179–206. doi:10.1071/IT97028.
2. Evenhius, N. L. (17 April 2016). "Family Dolichopodidae". In Evenhius, N. L. (ed.). Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions (online version). Retrieved 17 January 2023.
3. "Nothorhaphium Bickel, 1999". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 23 May 2021.