Trichopalpus

Trichopalpus
Trichopalpus fraternus, location: The Netherlands - Wageningen - Plasserwaard
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Scathophagidae
Subfamily:	Scathophaginae
Genus:	Trichopalpus Rondani, 1856[1]
Type species
Cordylura fraterna Meigen, 1826[2]
Synonyms
Opsiomyia Coquillett, 1898[3] Paramicroposopa Neave, 1950 Paramicroprosopa Ringdahl, 1936[4] Tricopalpus Becker, 1905[5]

The genus Trichopalpus are small to medium-sized predatory flies.

Species

• T. obscurella (Zetterstedt, 1846)
• T. fraternus (Meigen, 1826)[2]
• T. palpalis (Coquillett, 1898)
• T. nigribasis Curran, 1927

References

1. Rondani, C (1856). Dipterologiae Italicae Prodromus. Vol: I. Genera italica ordinis Dipterorum ordinatim disposita et distincta et in familias et stirpes aggregata. Parmae [= Parma].: A. Stocchi. pp. 226 + [2]. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
2. Meigen, J. W. (1826). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europaischen zweiflugeligen Insekten. Hamm: Funfter Theil. Schulz-Wundermann. pp. xii + 412. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
3. Coquillett, D. W. (1898). "On the dipterous family Scatophagidae". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 6: 160–165. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
4. Ringdahl, O. (1936). "Anteckningar till svenska arter av familjen Scopeumatidae (Diptera)". Entomologisk Tidskrift. 57: 158–179.
5. Becker, Theodor (1905). Cyclorrhapha Schizophora: Holometopa. In Becker,T., Bezzi, M., Kertesz, K, & Stein, P. (eds.), Katalog der Palaarktischen Dipteren. Vol. 4. Budapest. pp. [i] +1–328.