Pterostylus

Pterostylus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Dolichopodidae
Subfamily:	Dolichopodinae
Genus:	Pterostylus; Mik, 1878
Species:	P. aberrans
Binomial name
	Pterostylus aberrans; (Loew, 1871)
Synonyms
	Dolichopus aberrans (Loew, 1871); Gymnopternus aberrans Loew, 1871; Poecilobothrus aberrans (Loew, 1871);

Pterostylus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It contains a single species, Pterostylus aberrans. The genus was synonymized with Poecilobothrus by Scott E. Brooks (2005),^[3] but is considered valid in Igor Grichanov's checklist of the family.^[4]

References[]

^ Loew, Hermann (1871). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europaischen zweiflugeligen Insecten.Von Johann Wilhelm Meigen. Neunter Theil oder dritter Supplementband. Beschreibung europaischer Dipteren. Halle: H. W. Schmidt, . pp. viii + 319+[1] pp.
^ Mik, Josef (1878). "Dipterologische Untersuchungen". Jahresber. K. K. Akad. Gymnasium: 1–24, 1 pl.
^ Brooks, Scott E. (2005). "Systematics and phylogeny of Dolichopodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 857: 1–158. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.857.1.1.
^ Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2017). "Alphabetic list of generic and specific names of predatory flies of the epifamily Dolichopodoidae (Diptera). 2nd ed" (PDF). Plant Protection News, Supplements. St.Petersburg: All-Union Research Institute of Plant Protection (VISR) (23). doi:10.5281/zenodo.884863.

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[Loew1871-1] Loew, Hermann (1871). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europaischen zweiflugeligen Insecten.Von Johann Wilhelm Meigen. Neunter Theil oder dritter Supplementband. Beschreibung europaischer Dipteren. Halle: H. W. Schmidt, . pp. viii + 319+[1] pp.

[Mik1878-2] Mik, Josef (1878). "Dipterologische Untersuchungen". Jahresber. K. K. Akad. Gymnasium: 1–24, 1 pl.

[3] Brooks, Scott E. (2005). "Systematics and phylogeny of Dolichopodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 857: 1–158. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.857.1.1.

[Grichanov2017-4] Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2017). "Alphabetic list of generic and specific names of predatory flies of the epifamily Dolichopodoidae (Diptera). 2nd ed" (PDF). Plant Protection News, Supplements. St.Petersburg: All-Union Research Institute of Plant Protection (VISR) (23). doi:10.5281/zenodo.884863.

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