Syntormon is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It includes about 110 species worldwide, more than 50 of which were described from the Palaearctic realm.
Etymology
The name Syntormon is derived from the Ancient Greek word (, "I connect by inserted pins"); it refers to the second segment of the antennae, the pedicel, which has a small thumb-shaped projection going into the inner side of the postpedicel (the first unit of the third segment, the flagellum), appearing as if it were a pin inserted into a socket.
Species
The following species are included in the genus:
Subgenus Syntormon <small>Loew, 1857</small>:
- Syntormon abbreviatus <small>Becker, 1918</small>
- Syntormon affinis <small>(Wheeler, 1899)</small>
- Syntormon ama <small>Hollis, 1964</small>
- Syntormon aotearoa <small>Bickel, 1999</small>
- Syntormon babu <small>Hollis, 1964</small>
- Syntormon beijingensis <small>Yang, 1998</small>
- Syntormon bicolorellus <small>(Zetterstedt, 1843)</small>
- Syntormon bisinuatus <small>Van Duzee, 1925</small>
- Syntormon boninensis <small>Bickel, 1994</small>
- Syntormon brevicornis <small>Frey, 1936</small>
- Syntormon bulgariensis <small>Negrobov & Kechev, 2012</small>
- Syntormon caffer <small>Curran, 1925</small>
- Syntormon californicus <small>Harmston, 1951</small>
- Syntormon cilitarsis <small>Becker, 1922</small>
- Syntormon cilitibia <small>Stackelberg, 1947</small>
- Syntormon cinereiventris <small>(Loew, 1861)</small>
- Syntormon clavatus <small>Van Duzee, 1925</small>
- Syntormon codinai <small>Parent, 1924</small>
- Syntormon curvisetus <small>Negrobov, Kumazawa & Tago in Negrobov, Kumazawa, Tago & Selivanova, 2015</small>
- Syntormon cyanescens <small>(Loew, 1858)</small>
- Syntormon denticulatus <small>(Zetterstedt, 1843)</small>
- Syntormon detritus <small>Becker, 1922</small>
- Syntormon dissimilipes <small>Van Duzee, 1925</small>
- Syntormon dorsalis <small>Vanschuytbroeck, 1951</small>
- Syntormon dukha <small>Hollis, 1964</small>
- Syntormon edwardsi <small>Van Duzee, 1930</small>
- Syntormon elongatus <small>Becker, 1922</small>
- Syntormon emeiensis <small>Yang & Saigusa, 1999</small>
- Syntormon eutarsiformis <small>Negrobov, 1975</small>
- Syntormon femoratus <small>Van Duzee, 1925</small>
- Syntormon filiger <small>Verrall, 1912</small>
- Syntormon flavicoxus <small>Negrobov, Kumazawa & Tago in Negrobov, Kumazawa, Tago & Selivanova, 2015</small>
- Syntormon flexibilis <small>Becker, 1922</small>
- Syntormon francoisi <small>Meuffels & Grootaert, 1999</small>
- Syntormon freymuthae <small>Loew, 1873</small>
- Syntormon frivolus <small>Becker, 1922</small>
- Syntormon fuscipes <small>(von Roser, 1840)</small>
- Syntormon giordanii <small>Negrobov, 1974</small>
- Syntormon grootaerti <small>Maslova, Negrobov & Selivanova, 2017</small>
- Syntormon henanensis <small>Yang & Saigusa, 2000</small>
- Syntormon iranicus <small>Negrobov, 1974</small>
- Syntormon janelithae <small>Bickel, 1999</small>
- Syntormon kennedyi <small>Harmston & Knowlton, 1942</small>
- Syntormon latitarsis <small>Negrobov & Shamshev, 1984</small>
- Syntormon longipes <small>Parent, 1938</small>
- Syntormon longistylus <small>Grichanov, 2001</small>
- Syntormon lucaris <small>Bickel, 1999</small>
- Syntormon luchunensis <small>Yang & Saigusa, 2001</small>
- Syntormon luishuiensis <small>Yang & Saigusa, 2001</small>
- Syntormon luteicornis <small>Parent, 1927</small>
- Syntormon macula <small>Parent, 1927</small>
- Syntormon macula macula <small>Parent, 1927</small>
- Syntormon macula mediterraneus <small>Grichanov, 2013</small>
- Syntormon medogensis <small>Wang, Yang & Masunaga, 2006</small>
- Syntormon metathesis <small>(Loew, 1850)</small>
- Syntormon miki <small>Strobl, 1899</small>
- Syntormon monile <small>(Haliday, 1851)</small>
- Syntormon monochaetus <small>Negrobov, 1975</small>
- Syntormon mutillatus <small>Becker, 1918</small>
- Syntormon nubilus <small>Van Duzee, 1933</small>
- Syntormon obscurior <small>Parent, 1938</small>
- Syntormon opimus <small>Vanschuytbroeck, 1951</small>
- Syntormon oregonensis <small>Harmston & Knowlton, 1942</small>
- Syntormon ornatipes <small>Van Duzee, 1925</small>
- Syntormon pallipes <small>(Fabricius, 1794)</small>
- Syntormon palmaris <small>(Loew, 1864)</small>
- Syntormon papei <small>Grichanov, 2001</small>
- Syntormon papei madagascarensis <small>Grichanov, 2001</small>
- Syntormon papei papei <small>Grichanov, 2001</small>
- Syntormon parvus <small>Vanschuytbroeck, 1951</small>
- Syntormon pennatus <small>Ringdahl, 1920</small>
- Syntormon peregrinus <small>Parent, 1954</small>
- Syntormon pilitibia <small>Grichanov, 2013</small>
- Syntormon pseudopalmarae <small>Negrobov & Shamshev, 1985</small>
- Syntormon pseudospicatus <small>Strobl, 1899</small>
- Syntormon pumilus <small>(Meigen, 1824)</small>
- Syntormon punctatus <small>(Zetterstedt, 1843)</small>
- Syntormon qianus <small>Wei & Yang, 2007</small>
- Syntormon quadratus <small>Aldrich, 1901</small>
- Syntormon rhodani <small>Vaillant, 1983</small>
- Syntormon rotundicornis <small>Van Duzee, 1931</small>
- Syntormon samarkandi <small>Negrobov, 1975</small>
- Syntormon setosus <small>Parent, 1938</small>
- Syntormon simplicitarsis <small>Van Duzee, 1925</small>
- Syntormon singaporensis <small>Grootaert, Yang & Wang, 2006</small>
- Syntormon singularis <small>Bickel, 1999</small>
- Syntormon siplivinskii <small>Negrobov, 1975</small>
- Syntormon smirnovi <small>Stackelberg, 1952</small>
- Syntormon straeleni <small>Vanschuytbroeck, 1951</small>
- Syntormon strataegus <small>(Wheeler, 1899)</small>
- Syntormon subinermis <small>(Loew, 1869)</small>
- Syntormon subinermis asiaticus <small>Negrobov, 1975</small>
- Syntormon subinermis subinermis <small>(Loew, 1869)</small>
- Syntormon submonilis <small>Negrobov, 1975</small>
- Syntormon sulcipes <small>(Meigen, 1824)</small>
- Syntormon tabarkae <small>Becker, 1918</small>
- Syntormon tamatave <small>Grichanov, 2001</small>
- Syntormon tarsatus <small>(Fallén, 1823)</small>
- Syntormon tasmanensis <small>Bickel, 1999</small>
- Syntormon triangulipes <small>Becker, 1902</small>
- Syntormon tricoloripes <small>Curran, 1923</small>
- Syntormon trisetus <small>Yang, 1998</small>
- Syntormon uintaensis <small>Harmston & Knowlton, 1940</small>
- Syntormon utahensis <small>Harmston & Knowlton, 1942</small>
- Syntormon valae <small>Negrobov & Zhilina, 1986</small>
- Syntormon vanduzeei <small>Curran, 1931</small>
- Syntormon variegatus <small>Harmston, 1952</small>
- Syntormon violovitshi <small>Negrobov, 1975</small>
- Syntormon wittei <small>Vanschuytbroeck, 1951</small>
- Syntormon xinjiangensis <small>Yang, 1999</small>
- Syntormon xiphandroides <small>Parent, 1932</small>
- Syntormon xishuiensis <small>Wang, Yang & Grootaert, 2008</small>
- Syntormon xizangensis <small>Yang, 1999</small>
- Syntormon zelleri <small>(Loew, 1850</small>
- Syntormon zhengi <small>Yang, 1998</small>
Subgenus Drymonoeca <small>Becker, 1907</small>:
Unrecognised species:
- Syntormon decoratus <small>(Haliday, 1832)</small>
Synonyms:
Syntormon guizhouensis <small>Wang & Yang, 2006</small> is an unavailable name, as it does not satisfy ICZN Articles 16.1 and 16.4: the original publication does not explicitly indicate the name to be intentionally new, and the fixation of name-bearing types for the species is not explicit.
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