Conchopus

Genus of flies

Conchopus

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Diptera
Family:  | Dolichopodidae
Subfamily:  | Hydrophorinae
Tribe:  | Aphrosylini
Genus:  | Conchopus
Takagi, 1965[1]
Type species
Conchopus rectus

Takagi, 1965[1]

Conchopus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.[2][1] It is distributed in Japan, China, Taiwan, the Hawaiian Islands, and Wake Island. The species Conchopus borealis is also an introduced species in North America and South America.[3] Members of the genus live exclusively in the intertidal zone of rocky shores.[1] The genus is sometimes considered a synonym of Thambemyia, but is considered a valid genus by some authors.[4]

## Taxonomy and species

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Takagi (1965) originally divided the genus into seven species groups. According to Masunaga et al. (2005) and Masunaga & Saigusa (2010), the genus can be divided into two clades: one containing the rectus species group (including the type species), and the other containing all other species groups, for which the authors intended to propose a new genus. The latter clade they also consider to be the sister group of Thambemyia.[5][3]

rectus species group (= Conchopus sensu stricto):

* Conchopus acrosticalis (Parent, 1937)[6] – Hawai‘i, Maui, Lāna‘i, Moloka‘i
* Conchopus borealis Takagi, 1965[1] – Japan, North America (introduced), Peru (introduced)
* Conchopus ciliatus Masunaga & Saigusa, 2010[3] – Hawai‘i, Maui, O‘ahu, Lisianski
* Conchopus crassinervis Masunaga & Saigusa, 2010[3] – Kaua‘i
* Conchopus menehune Masunaga & Saigusa, 2010[3] – Kaua‘i, Nihoa
* Conchopus minutus Masunaga & Saigusa, 2010[3] – Hawai‘i, Maui, Lāna‘i, Moloka‘i, O‘ahu, French Frigate Shoals
* Conchopus pacificus Masunaga & Saigusa, 2010[3] – Hawai‘i, O‘ahu, Kaua‘i, Wake
* Conchopus pudicus Takagi, 1965[1] – Japan
* Conchopus rectus Takagi, 1965[1] – Japan, China
* Conchopus sikokianus Takagi, 1965[1] – Japan
* Conchopus taivanensis Takagi, 1967[7] – Japan, Taiwan

sinuatus species group:

* Conchopus corvus Takagi, 1965[1]
* Conchopus sinuatus Takagi, 1965[1]

sigmiger species group:

* Conchopus saigusai Takagi, 1965[1]
* Conchopus sigmiger Takagi, 1965[1]
* Conchopus uvasima Takagi, 1965[1]

convergens species group:

* Conchopus convergens Takagi, 1965[1]
* Conchopus poseidonius Takagi, 1965[1]
* Conchopus signatus Takagi, 1965[1]

nodulatus species group:

* Conchopus nodulatus Takagi, 1965[1]
* Conchopus mammuthus Takagi, 1965[1]

anomalopus species group:

* Conchopus anomalopus Takagi, 1965[1]

abdominalis species group:

* Conchopus abdominalis Takagi, 1965[1]

Other species:

* Conchopus shandongensis (Zhu, Yang & Masunaga, 2005)[8][9]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Takagi, Sadao (1965). "A contribution to the knowledge of the marine shore Dolichopodidae of Japan (Diptera)" (PDF). Insecta Matsumurana. 27 (2): 49–84. hdl:2115/9721. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
2. ^ 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.
3. ^ a b c d e f g Masunaga, Kazuhiro; Saigusa, Toyohei (2010). "A revision of the Hawaiian and Wake Island species of the genus Conchopus Takagi (Diptera, Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2729: 1–35. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2729.1.1.
4. ^ Capellari, R. S. (2015). "First record of Thambemyia Oldroyd (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) from Brazil, with description of a new species". Journal of Insect Biodiversity. 3 (20): 1–7. doi:10.12976/jib/2015.3.20. Archived from the original on 2019-07-24. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
5. ^ Masunaga, K.; Saigusa, T.; Grootaert, P. (2005). "Revision of the genus Thambemyia Oldroyd (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) with description of a new subgenus". Entomological Science. 8 (4): 439–455. doi:10.1111/j.1479-8298.2005.00143.x.
6. ^ Parent, O. (1938). "Quelques dipteres dolichopodides des Iles Hawaii" (PDF). Konowia. 16: 209–219. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
7. ^ Takagi, Sadao (1967). "On some marine shore Dolichopodidae of Taiwan (Diptera)" (PDF). Insecta Matsumurana. 29 (2): 51–58. hdl:2115/9746.
8. ^ Zhu, Y.; Yang, D.; Masunaga, K. (2005). "A review of the species of Thambemyia Oldroyd (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from China". Aquatic Insects. 27 (4): 299–307. doi:10.1080/01650420500328316.
9. ^ Grichanov, I.Ya. (2013). "A new species of Thambemyia Oldroyd, 1956 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Gujarat, India". Caucasian Entomological Bulletin. 9 (1): 191–193. doi:10.23885/1814-3326-2013-9-1-191-193.

Taxon identifiers

Conchopus|

* Wikidata: Q14534157
* Wikispecies: Conchopus
* CoL: 3T24
* EoL: 56492
* GBIF: 1610012
* iNaturalist: 789729
* IRMNG: 1355213
* NCBI: 1925450
* Open Tree of Life: 4339167

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