Grootaertia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae from southern Africa. It is close in appearance to the genus Paramedetera. The genus is named after the Belgian entomologist Patrick Grootaert.
Species
- Grootaertia anomalipennis <small>Grichanov, 1999</small> â South Africa (Western Cape)
- Grootaertia anomalopyga <small>Grichanov, 1999</small> â South Africa (Western Cape)
- Grootaertia asymmetrica <small>Grichanov, 1999</small> â South Africa (Western Cape)
- Grootaertia bistylata <small>Grichanov, 1999</small> â South Africa (Western Cape)
- Grootaertia brevipennis <small>Grichanov, 2000</small> â South Africa (Western Cape)
- Grootaertia irwini <small>Grichanov, 2000</small> â South Africa (Western Cape)
- Grootaertia kuznetsovi <small>Grichanov, 1999</small> â South Africa (Western Cape, Eastern Cape)
- Grootaertia skorpionensis <small>Grichanov, Kirk-Spriggs & Grootaert, 2006</small> â southern Namibia
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