Lichtwardtia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is known from the Afrotropical, Oriental and Australasian realms. It can be recognised by its zigzag-shaped M vein on the wings, and its feather-like hairs on the apex segment of the antennae. In a phylogenetic analysis of the subfamily Dolichopodinae by Scott E. Brooks in 2005, Lichtwardtia is considered to be a synonym of Dolichopus, but subsequent authors have retained it as a valid genus.
Species
- Lichtwardtia aethiopica <small>(Bezzi, 1906)</small>
- Lichtwardtia aldabrensis <small>Meuffels & Grootaert, 2007</small>
- Lichtwardtia angularis <small>(Macquart, 1842)</small>
- Lichtwardtia angulicornis <small>Grichanov, 2004</small>
- Lichtwardtia cambodiensis <small>Tang & Grootaert, 2018</small>
- Lichtwardtia clypeata <small>Grichanov, 2004</small>
- Lichtwardtia conspicabilis <small>Tang & Grootaert, 2018</small>
- Lichtwardtia dentalis <small>Zhang, Masunaga & Yang, 2009</small>
- Lichtwardtia dianaensis <small>Grichanov, 2019</small>
- Lichtwardtia emelyanovi <small>Grichanov, 1998</small>
- Lichtwardtia formosana <small>Enderlein, 1912</small>
- Lichtwardtia fractinervis <small>(Parent, 1929)</small>
- Lichtwardtia ghanaensis <small>Grichanov, 2019</small>
- Lichtwardtia guineensis <small>Grichanov & Dubrovskiy, 2024</small>
- Lichtwardtia hilgerae <small>Grichanov, 2004</small>
- Lichtwardtia hirsutiseta <small>(De Meijere, 1916)</small>
- Lichtwardtia hollisi <small>Grichanov, 1998</small>
- Lichtwardtia infuscata <small>Tang & Grootaert, 2018</small>
- Lichtwardtia maculata <small>(Parent, 1936)</small>
- Lichtwardtia melanesiana <small>(Bickel, 2008)</small>
- Lichtwardtia microlepis <small>(Parent, 1939)</small>
- Lichtwardtia minuscula <small>(Parent, 1934)</small>
- Lichtwardtia mironovi <small>Grichanov, 1998</small>
- Lichtwardtia monstruosa <small>Tang & Grootaert, 2018</small>
- Lichtwardtia moseikoi <small>Grichanov, 2020</small>
- Lichtwardtia musolini <small>Grichanov, 2019</small>
- Lichtwardtia nabozhenkoi <small>Grichanov, 2020</small>
- Lichtwardtia nigrifacies <small>Grichanov, 2004</small>
- Lichtwardtia nigrotorquata <small>(Parent, 1937)</small>
- Lichtwardtia nikitai <small>Grichanov, 2019</small>
- Lichtwardtia nikolaevae <small>Grichanov, 1998</small>
- Lichtwardtia nodulata <small>Grootaert & Tang, 2018</small>
- Lichtwardtia oromiaensis <small>Grichanov, 2019</small>
- Lichtwardtia polychroma <small>(Loew, 1864)</small>
- Lichtwardtia semakau <small>Grootaert & Tang, 2018</small>
- Lichtwardtia singaporensis <small>Grootaert & Tang, 2018</small>
- Lichtwardtia sukharevae <small>Grichanov, 1998</small>
- Lichtwardtia tikhonovi <small>Grichanov, 1998</small>
- Lichtwardtia zhangae <small>Tang & Grootaert, 2018</small>
The following species are considered nomina dubia:
- Lichtwardtia coxalis <small>(Kertész, 1901)</small>
- Lichtwardtia ziczac <small>(Wiedemann, 1824)</small>
Lichtwardtia taiwanensis <small>Zhang, Masunaga & Yang, 2009</small> is a synonym of L. formosana <small>Enderlein, 1912</small>.
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