Xanthochlorus

Xanthochlorus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is the only member of the subfamily Xanthochlorinae.^[1][2] In some classifications, the genus is included in the subfamily Sympycninae.^[3]

Xanthochlorus Temporal range: Upper Oligocene–Present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Xanthochlorus sp.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Dolichopodidae
Subfamily:	Xanthochlorinae Aldrich, 1905
Genus:	Xanthochlorus Loew, 1857
Type species
Porphyrops ornata Haliday, 1832
Synonyms
Medeterus (Leptopus) Haliday, 1832 (nec Latreille, 1809, nec Fallén, 1823)

Xanthochlorus sp. on Impatiens

Species

• Xanthochlorus chinensis Yang & Saigusa, 2005^[4] – China (Shaanxi)
• Xanthochlorus flavicans Negrobov, 1978^[5] – Tajikistan
• Xanthochlorus fulvus Negrobov, 1978^[5] – South Russia
• Xanthochlorus galbanus Chandler & Negrobov, 2008^[6] – Belgium, Denmark, Hungary, Italy, Russia (Kaliningrad), Great Britain
• Xanthochlorus gansuensis Qilemoge, Chang & Yang, 2018^[7] – China (Gansu)
• Xanthochlorus helvinus Loew, 1861 – United States, Canada
• Xanthochlorus henanensis Wang, Yang & Grootaert, 2008^[8] – China (Henan)
• Xanthochlorus kustovi Grichanov, 2010 – Madagascar
• Xanthochlorus lucidulus Negrobov, 1978^[5] – Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan
• Xanthochlorus luridus Negrobov, 1978^[5] – Abkhazia, South Russia
• Xanthochlorus nigricilius Olejníček, 2004^[9] – China (Shaanxi)
• Xanthochlorus ochraceus Vaillant, 1952^[10] – Algeria
• Xanthochlorus ornatus (Haliday, 1832) – Europe, Egypt, Canary Islands
• Xanthochlorus philippovi Negrobov, 1978^[5] – Russia (Primorye)
• Xanthochlorus silaceus Chandler & Negrobov, 2008^[6] – Great Britain
• †Xanthochlorus statzi Chandler & Negrobov, 2008^[6] – Germany (Upper Oligocene) (replacement name for X. tenellus Statz, 1940)
• Xanthochlorus tenellus (Wiedemann, 1817) – Europe
• Xanthochlorus tewoensis Qilemoge, Chang & Yang, 2018^[7] – China (Gansu)
• Xanthochlorus tibetensis Xi, Wang & Yang, 2015^[11] – China (Tibet)
• Xanthochlorus ultramontanus Becker, 1918 – France

Synonyms:

• Xanthochlorus bicolorellus (Zetterstedt, 1843): moved to Syntormon
• Xanthochlorus flavellus (Zetterstedt, 1843): Synonym of Xanthochlorus tenellus (Wiedemann, 1817)
• Xanthochlorus tarsatus Schiner, 1868 [Type locality: Nicobar Islands: Pulomilo Island]: moved to Chaetogonopteron
• †Xanthochlorus tenellus Statz, 1940: renamed to Xanthochlorus statzi Chandler & Negrobov, 2008
• Xanthochlorus tenellus (Fallén, 1823): Synonym of Xanthochlorus ornatus (Haliday, 1832)

Nomen nudum:

• Xanthochlorus carthusianus Vaillant, 1978

References

1. Yang, D.; Zhu, Y.; Wang, M.; Zhang, L. (2006). World Catalog of Dolichopodidae (Insecta: Diptera). Beijing: China Agricultural University Press. pp. 1–704. ISBN 9787811171020.
2. Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2017). "Alphabetic list of generic and specific names of predatory flies of the epifamily Dolichopodoidae (Diptera). 2nd ed" (PDF). Plant Protection News, Supplements (23). St.Petersburg: All-Union Research Institute of Plant Protection (VISR). doi:10.5281/zenodo.884863.
3. "An Update of the 1998 Checklist of Diptera of the British Isles" (PDF). Dipterists Forum. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
4. Yang, X.K.; Saigusa (2005). Insect fauna of middle-west Qinling rangeandsouth mountains of Gansu province. Vol. 3. Beijing: Science Press. p. 754.
5. Negrobov, Oleg P. (1978). "Ревизия видов рода Xanthochlorus Lw. (Diptera, Dolichopodidae)" [Revision of species from Xanthochlorus Lw. genus (Diptera, Dolichopodidae)] (PDF). Vestnik Zoologii (in Russian). 18 (2). Kiev: Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: 17–26. ISSN 0084-5604.
6. Chandler, Peter J.; Negrobov, Oleg P. (2008). "The British species of Xanthochlorus Loew, 1857 (Diptera, Dolichopodidae), with description of two new species". Dipterists Digest. Second series. 15 (1). UK: Dipterists Forum: 29–40. ISSN 0953-7260.
7. Qilemoge; Chang, Wencheng; Yang, Ding (2018). "Two new species of the genus Xanthochlorus from China (Diptera, Dolichopodidae, Xanthochlorinae)" (PDF). ZooKeys (750): 141–149. doi:10.3897/zookeys.750.23382. PMC 5916896. PMID 29706782.
8. Wang, M.; Yang, D.; Grootaert, P. (2008). "New species of Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from China". Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Entomologie. 78: 251–257.
9. Olejníček, Jiri (2004). "Xanthochlorus nigricilius spec. nov. (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) from China". Studia Dipterologica. 11 (1). Halle: AMPYX-Verlag: 9–11. ISSN 0945-3954.
10. Vaillant, François (1952). "Quelques Dolichopodidae de la zone Paléarctique (Diptera)" (PDF). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique (in French). 28 (65): 1–15.
11. Xi, Yuqiang; Wang, Baohai; Yang, Ding (2015). "Xanthochlorus (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) newly found in Tibet with description of a new species". The Florida Entomologist. 98 (1): 315–317. doi:10.1653/024.098.0150. JSTOR 24364213.