List of Dolichopodidae genera

The fly family Dolichopodidae contains approximately 250 genera. These include:

Subfamily Achalcinae

• Achalcus <small>Loew, 1857</small>
• Apterachalcus <small>Bickel, 1992</small>
• Australachalcus <small>Pollet, 2005</small>
• Scepastopyga <small>Grootaert & Meuffels, 1997</small>
• Xanthina <small>Aldrich, 1902</small>

Subfamily Antyxinae

• Antyx <small>Meuffels & Grootaert, 1991</small>

Subfamily Babindellinae

• Babindella <small>Bickel, 1987</small>

Subfamily Diaphorinae

• Achradocera <small>Becker, 1922</small>
• Aphasmaphleps <small>Grichanov, 2010</small>
• Argyra <small>Macquart, 1834</small>
• Asyndetus <small>Loew, 1869</small>
• Chrysotus <small>Meigen, 1824</small>
• Cryptophleps <small>Lichtwardt, 1898</small>
• Dactylonotus <small>Parent, 1934</small>
• Diaphorus <small>Meigen, 1824</small>
• Dubius <small>Wei, 2012</small>
• Emiratomyia <small>Naglis, 2014</small>
• Falbouria <small>Dyte, 1980</small>
• Keirosoma <small>Van Duzee, 1929</small>
• Lyroneurus <small>Loew, 1857</small>
• Melanostolus <small>Kowarz, 1884</small>
• Nurteria <small>Dyte & Smith, 1980</small>
• Ostenia <small>Hutton, 1901</small>
• †Palaeoargyra <small>Meunier, 1895</small>
• Phasmaphleps <small>Bickel, 2005</small>
• †Prochrysotus <small>Meunier, 1907</small>
• Pseudargyra <small>Van Duzee, 1930</small>
• Shamshevia <small>Grichanov, 2012</small>
• Somillus <small>Brèthes, 1924</small>
• Symbolia <small>Becker, 1922</small>
• Terpsimyia <small>Dyte, 1975</small>
• Trigonocera <small>Becker, 1902</small>

Subfamily Dolichopodinae

• Afrohercostomus <small>Grichanov, 2010</small>
• Afroparaclius <small>Grichanov, 2006</small>
• Afropelastoneurus <small>Grichanov, 2006</small>
• Ahercostomus <small>Yang & Saigusa, 2001</small>
• Ahypophyllus <small>Zhang & Yang, 2005</small>
• Allohercostomus <small>Yang, Saigusa & Masunaga, 2001</small>
• Anasyntormon <small>Dyte, 1975</small>
• Apelastoneurus <small>Grichanov, 2006</small>
• Aphalacrosoma <small>Zhang & Yang, 2005</small>
• Argyrochlamys <small>Lamb, 1922</small>
• †Arpactodolichopodites <small>Hong, 2002</small> (unavailable name)
• Cheiromyia <small>Dyte, 1980</small>
• †Convexivertex <small>Hong, 2002</small> (unavailable name)
• Dolichopus <small>Latreille, 1796</small>
• Ethiromyia <small>Brooks in Brooks & Wheeler, 2005</small>
• †Eoeuryopterites <small>Hong, 2002</small> (unavailable name)
• †Fushuniregis <small>Evenhuis in Evenhuis & Bickel, 2021</small> (formerly Wangia <small>Hong, 2002</small>, junior homonym of Wangia <small>Fowler, 1954</small>)
• Gymnopternus <small>Loew, 1857</small>
• Hercostomus <small>Loew, 1857</small>
• †Leptodolichopodites <small>Hong, 2002</small>
• Lichtwardtia <small>Enderlein, 1912</small>
• Metaparaclius <small>Becker, 1922</small>
• Muscidideicus <small>Becker, 1917</small>
• Neohercostomus <small>Grichanov, 2011</small>
• †Orbicapitis <small>Hong, 2002</small> (unavailable name)
• Ortochile <small>Latreille, 1809</small>
• Paraclius <small>Loew, 1864</small>
• Parahercostomus <small>Yang, Saigusa & Masunaga, 2001</small>
• Pelastoneurus <small>Loew, 1861</small>
• Phoomyia <small>Naglis & Grootaert, 2013</small>
• Platyopsis <small>Parent, 1929</small>
• Poecilobothrus <small>Mik, 1878</small>
• †Prohercostomus <small>Grichanov, 1997</small>
• Pseudargyrochlamys <small>Grichanov, 2006</small>
• Pseudoparaclius <small>Grichanov, 2006</small>
• Pseudopelastoneurus <small>Grichanov, 2006</small>
• Rhinoceromyia <small>Grichanov, 2024</small>
• Setihercostomus <small>Zhang & Yang, 2005</small>
• Srilankamyia <small>Naglis, Grootaert & Wei, 2011</small>
• Stenopygium <small>Becker, 1922</small>
• Sybistroma <small>Meigen, 1824</small>
• Tachytrechus <small>Haliday in Walker, 1851</small>

Subfamily Enliniinae

• Enlinia <small>Aldrich, 1933</small>
• Harmstonia <small>Robinson, 1964</small>

Subfamily †Eodolichopoditinae

• †Bicercites <small>Hong, 2002</small> (unavailable name)
• †Columnocorna <small>Hong, 2002</small> (unavailable name)
• †Eodolichopodites <small>Hong, 2002</small> (unavailable name)
• †Haodolichopodites <small>Hong, 2002</small> (unavailable name)
• †Laticopulus <small>Hong, 2002</small> (unavailable name)
• †Longilabia <small>Hong, 2002</small> (unavailable name)
• †Orbilabia <small>Hong, 2002</small>
• †Paradolichopodites <small>Hong, 2002</small> (unavailable name)
• †Septocellula <small>Hong, 1981</small>
• †Sinodolichopodites <small>Hong, 2002</small> (unavailable name)
• †Sunodolichopodites <small>Hong, 2002</small> (unavailable name)

Subfamily Hydrophorinae

• Abatetia <small>Miller, 1945</small>
• Acymatopus <small>Takagi, 1965</small>
• Anahydrophorus <small>Becker, 1917</small>
• Aphrosylopsis <small>Lamb, 1909</small>
• Aphrosylus <small>Haliday in Walker, 1851</small>
• Cemocarus <small>Meuffels & Grootaert, 1984</small>
• Conchopus <small>Takagi, 1965</small>
• Coracocephalus <small>Mik, 1892</small>
• Cymatopus <small>Kertész, 1901</small>
• Diostracus <small>Loew, 1861</small>
• Lagodechia <small>Negrobov & Zurikov, 1996</small>
• Ozmena <small>Özdikmen, 2010</small>
• Sphyrotarsus <small>Mik, 1874</small>
• Epithalassius <small>Mik, 1891</small>
• Eucoryphus <small>Mik, 1869</small>
• Helichochaetus <small>Parent, 1933</small>
• Hydatostega <small>Philippi, 1865</small>
• Hydrophorus <small>Fallén, 1823</small>
• Hypocharassus <small>Mik, 1879</small>
• Liancalomima <small>Stackelberg, 1931</small>
• Liancalus <small>Loew, 1857</small>
• Machaerium <small>Haliday, 1832</small>
• Mangrovomyia <small>Grichanov & Gilasian, 2023</small>
• Melanderia <small>Aldrich, 1922</small>
• Minjerribah <small>Bickel, 2019</small>
• Nanothinophilus <small>Grootaert & Meuffels, 1998</small>
• Oedematopiella <small>Naglis, 2011</small>
• Oedematopus <small>Van Duzee, 1929</small>
• Orthoceratium <small>Schrank, 1803</small>
• Paraliancalus <small>Parent, 1938</small>
• Paraliptus <small>Bezzi, 1923</small>
• Paralleloneurum <small>Becker, 1902</small>
• Paraphrosylus <small>Becker, 1922</small>
• Peodes <small>Loew, 1857</small>
• Rhynchoschizus <small>Dyte, 1980</small>
• Scellus <small>Loew, 1857</small>
• Scorpiurus <small>Parent, 1933</small>
• Teneriffa <small>Becker, 1908</small>
• Prothambemyia <small>Masunaga, Saigusa & Grootaert, 2005</small>
• Thambemyia <small>Oldroyd, 1956</small>
• Thinolestris <small>Grootert & Meuffels, 1988</small>
• Thinophilus <small>Wahlberg, 1844</small>
• Parathinophilus <small>Parent, 1932</small>
• Schoenophilus <small>Mik, 1878</small>

Subfamily Kowmunginae

• Kowmungia <small>Bickel, 1987</small>
• Phacaspis <small>Grootaert & Meuffels, 1988</small>

Subfamily Medeterinae

• Asioligochaetus <small>Negrobov, 1966</small>
• Atlatlia <small>Bickel, 1986</small>
• Cameroonomiya <small>Grichanov, 2024</small>
• Corindia <small>Bickel, 1986</small>
• Craterophorus <small>Lamb, 1921</small>
• Cryptopygiella <small>Robinson, 1975</small>
• Cyrturella <small>Collin, 1952</small>
• Demetera <small>Grichanov, 2011</small>
• Dolichophorus <small>Lichtwardt, 1902</small>
• Dominicomyia <small>Robinson, 1975</small>
• †Eridanomyia <small>Bickel in Bickel & Martin, 2025</small>
• Euxiphocerus <small>Parent, 1935</small>
• Grootaertia <small>Grichanov, 1999</small>
• †Kashubia <small>Bickel in Bickel & Martin, 2025</small>
• Maipomyia <small>Bickel, 2004</small>
• Medetera <small>Fischer von Waldheim, 1819</small>
• Medeterella <small>Grichanov, 2011</small>
• †Medeterites <small>Grichanov, 2010</small>
• Microchrysotus <small>Robinson, 1964</small>
• Microcyrtura <small>Robinson, 1964</small>
• Micromedetera <small>Robinson, 1975</small>
• Neomedetera <small>Zhu, Yang & Grootaert, 2007</small>
• Nikitella <small>Grichanov, 2011</small>
• †Palaeosystenus <small>Grichanov, Negrobov & Selivanova, 2014</small>
• †Paleothrypticus <small>Ngô-Muller, Garrouste & Nel, 2020</small>
• Papallacta <small>Bickel, 2006</small>
• Paramedetera <small>Grootaert & Meuffels, 1997</small>
• Pharcoura <small>Bickel, 2007</small>
• Pindaia <small>Bickel, 2014</small>
• †Plesiomedetera <small>Grichanov, 2024</small>
• Protomedetera <small>Tang, Grootaert & Yang, 2018</small>
• Saccopheronta <small>Becker, 1914</small>
• †Salishomyia <small>Bickel, 2019</small>
• †Systenites <small>Grichanov, Negrobov & Selivanova, 2014</small>
• Systenomorphus <small>Grichanov, 2010</small>
• Systenoneurus <small>Grichanov, 2010</small>
• Systenus <small>Loew, 1857</small>
• Thrypticus <small>Gerstäcker, 1864</small>
• Udzungwomyia <small>Grichanov, 2018</small>

Subfamily Microphorinae

• †Avenaphora <small>Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999</small>
• †Curvus <small>Kaddumi, 2005</small>
• †Meghyperiella <small>Meunier, 1908</small>
• Microphor <small>Macquart, 1827</small>
• †Microphorites <small>Hennig, 1971</small>
• †Pristinmicrophor <small>Tang, Shi, Wang & Yang, 2019</small>
• Schistostoma <small>Becker, 1902</small>

Subfamily Neurigoninae

• Arachnomyia <small>White, 1916</small>
• Argentinia <small>Parent, 1931</small>
• Bickelomyia <small>Naglis, 2002</small>
• Coeloglutus <small>Aldrich, 1896</small>
• Dactylomyia <small>Aldrich, 1894</small>
• Halteriphorus <small>Parent, 1933</small>
• Macrodactylomyia <small>Naglis, 2002</small>
• Mberu <small>Capellari & Amorim, 2011</small>
• Naglisia <small>Quevedo, Capellari & Lamas, 2024</small>
• Naticornus <small>Olejníček, 2005</small>
• Neotonnoiria <small>Robinson, 1970</small>
• Neurigona <small>Rondani, 1856</small>
• Oncopygius <small>Mik, 1866</small>
• Paracoeloglutus <small>Naglis, 2001</small>
• Systenoides <small>Naglis, 2001</small>
• Viridigona <small>Naglis, 2003</small>

Subfamily Parathalassiinae

• Amphithalassius <small>Ulrich, 1991</small>
• †Archichrysotus <small>Negrobov, 1978</small>
• Chimerothalassius <small>Shamshev & Grootaert, 2003</small>
• †Cretomicrophorus <small>Negrobov, 1978</small>
• †Electrophorella <small>Cumming & Brooks, 2002</small>
• Eothalassius <small>Shamshev & Grootaert, 2005</small>
• Microphorella <small>Becker, 1909</small>
• Neothalassius <small>Brooks & Cumming, 2016</small>
• Parathalassius <small>Mik, 1891</small>
• Plesiothalassius <small>Ulrich, 1991</small>
• †Retinitus <small>Negrobov, 1978</small>
• Thalassophorus <small>Saigusa, 1986</small>

Subfamily Peloropeodinae

• Alishanimyia <small>Bickel, 2007</small>
• Chrysotimus <small>Loew, 1857</small>
• Cremmus <small>Wei, 2006</small>
• Discopygiella <small>Robinson, 1965</small>
• Fedtshenkomyia <small>Stackelberg, 1927</small>
• Griphophanes <small>Grootaert & Meuffels, 1998</small>
• Guzeriplia <small>Negrobov, 1968</small>
• Hadromerella <small>De Meijere, 1916</small>
• Korotongo <small>Bickel, 2023</small>
• Meuffelsia <small>Grichanov, 2008</small>
• Micromorphus <small>Mik, 1878</small>
• Nanomyina <small>Robinson, 1964</small>
• Neochrysotimus <small>Yang, Saigusa & Masunaga, 2008</small>
• Nepalomyia <small>Hollis, 1964</small>
• †Palaeomedeterus <small>Meunier, 1895</small>
• Peloropeodes <small>Wheeler, 1890</small>
• Pseudoxanthochlorus <small>Negrobov, 1977</small>
• Vetimicrotes <small>Dyte, 1980</small>

Subfamily Plagioneurinae

• Plagioneurus <small>Loew, 1857</small>

Subfamily Rhaphiinae

• Ngirhaphium <small>Evenhuis & Grootaert, 2002</small>
• Physopyga <small>Grootaert & Meuffels, 1990</small>
• Rhaphium <small>Meigen, 1803</small>

Subfamily Sciapodinae

• Abbemyia <small>Bickel, 1994</small>
• Amblypsilopus <small>Bigot, 1889</small>
• Amesorhaga <small>Bickel, 1994</small>
• Austrosciapus <small>Bickel, 1994</small>
• Bickelia <small>Grichanov, 1996</small>
• Bickeliolus <small>Grichanov, 1996</small>
• Chrysosoma <small>Guérin-Méneville, 1831</small>
• Condylostylus <small>Bigot, 1859</small>
• Dytomyia <small>Bickel, 1994</small>
• Ethiosciapus <small>Bickel, 1994</small>
• Gigantosciapus <small>Grichanov, 1997</small>
• Helixocerus <small>Lamb, 1929</small>
• Heteropsilopus <small>Bigot, 1859</small>
• Krakatauia <small>Enderlein, 1912</small>
• Lapita <small>Bickel, 2002</small>
• Mascaromyia <small>Bickel, 1994</small>
• Mesorhaga <small>Schiener, 1868</small>
• Narrabeenia <small>Bickel, 1994</small>
• Naufraga <small>Bickel, 1992</small>
• Negrobovia <small>Bickel, 1994</small>
• Parentia <small>Hardy, 1935</small>
• Pilbara <small>Bickel, 1994</small>
• Plagiozopelma <small>Enderlein, 1912</small>
• Pouebo <small>Bickel, 2008</small>
• Pseudoparentia <small>Bickel, 1994</small>
• Sciapus <small>Zeller, 1842</small>
• Sinosciapus <small>Yang, 2001</small>
• †Wheelerenomyia <small>Meunier, 1907</small>

Subfamily Stolidosomatinae

• Pseudosympycnus <small>Robinson, 1967</small>
• Stolidosoma <small>Becker, 1922</small>
• Sympycnidelphus <small>Robinson, 1964</small>

Subfamily Sympycninae

• Brevimyia <small>Miller, 1945</small>
• Calyxochaetus <small>Bigot, 1888</small>
• Campsicnemus <small>Haliday in Walker, 1851</small>
• Ceratopos <small>Vaillant, 1952</small>
• Chaetogonopteron <small>De Meijere, 1913</small>
• Colobocerus <small>Parent, 1933</small>
• Erebomyia <small>Runyon & Hurley, 2005</small>
• Filatopus <small>Robinson, 1970</small>
• Hercostomoides <small>Meuffels & Grootaert, 1997</small>
• Humongochela <small>Evenhuis, 2004</small>
• Hyptiocheta <small>Becker, 1922</small>
• Irwinus <small>Grichanov, 2023</small>
• Ischiochaetus <small>Bickel & Dyte, 1989</small>
• Lamprochromus <small>Mik, 1878</small>
• Liparomyia <small>White, 1916</small>
• Micropygus <small>Bickel & Dyte, 1989</small>
• Negrobovus <small>Wang, Evenhuis, Ji, Yang & Zhang, 2021</small>
• Neoparentia <small>Robinson, 1967</small>
• Nothorhaphium <small>Bickel, 1999</small>
• Olegonegrobovia <small>Grichanov, 1995</small>
• Parasyntormon <small>Wheeler, 1899</small>
• Pinacocerus <small>Van Duzee, 1930</small>
• Scelloides <small>Bickel & Dyte, 1989</small>
• Scotiomyia <small>Meuffels & Grootaert, 1997</small>
• Suschania <small>Negrobov, 2003</small>
• Sympycnus <small>Loew, 1857</small>
• Syntormon <small>Loew, 1857</small>
• Telmaturgus <small>Mik, 1874</small>
• Tetrachaetus <small>Bickel & Dyte, 1989</small>
• Teuchophorus <small>Loew, 1857</small>
• Yumbera <small>Bickel, 1992</small>

Subfamily Tenuopodinae

• Tenuopus <small>Curran, 1924</small>

Subfamily Xanthochlorinae

• Xanthochlorus <small>Loew, 1857</small>

Subfamily incertae sedis

• Eurynogaster complex (Sympycninae or Hydrophorinae)
• Adachia <small>Evenhuis, 2005</small>
• Arciellia <small>Evenhuis, 2005</small>
• Elmoia <small>Evenhuis, 2005</small>
• Eurynogaster <small>Van Duzee, 1933</small>
• Major <small>Evenhuis, 2005</small>
• Sigmatineurum <small>Parent, 1938</small>
• Sweziella <small>Van Duzee, 1933</small>
• Uropachys <small>Parent, 1935</small>
• Acropsilus <small>Mik, 1878</small> (unplaced in Dolichopodidae)
• Anepsiomyia <small>Bezzi, 1902</small>
• Binatangia <small>Bickel in Bickel & Martin, 2020</small>
• †Electrochoreutes <small>Badano et al., 2023</small> (stem group of Dolichopodidae)
• †Gujaratmyia <small>Bickel in Bickel et al., 2022</small>
• Haplopharyngomyia <small>Meuffels & Grootaert, 1999</small>
• Haromyia <small>Runyon, 2015</small> (Eniliniinae or Achalcinae)
• Hurleyella <small>Runyon & Robinson, 2010</small>
• Katangaia <small>Parent, 1933</small>
• Nematoproctus <small>Loew, 1857</small> (Diaphorinae or Rhaphiinae)
• Nggela <small>Bickel, 2020</small>
• Notobothrus <small>Parent, 1931</small>
• Phrudoneura <small>Meuffels & Grootaert, 1987</small>
• †Prosystenus <small>Negrobov, 1976</small>
• Pseudohercostomus <small>Stackelberg, 1931</small>
• †Rajpardia <small>Bickel in Bickel et al., 2022</small>
• Urodolichus <small>Lamb, 1922</small> (Diaphorinae or Rhaphiinae)

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