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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Empidoidea » Longlegged Flies (Dolichopodidae) » Dolichopodinae » Paraclius

Genus Paraclius

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
Fly iridescent - Paraclius - male Dolichopodid - Paraclius quadrinotatus - female Dolichopodid - Paraclius quadrinotatus - female 6013951 LL fly - Paraclius pumilio Paraclius cf. pumilio - Paraclius pumilio Paraclius pumilo - Paraclius pumilio
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)
Superfamily Empidoidea
Family Dolichopodidae (Longlegged Flies)
Subfamily Dolichopodinae
Genus Paraclius
Explanation of Names
Paraclius from Greek παρά, near, and χλειω, close, referring to the nearly closed R5 cell.
Numbers
15 species north of Mexico
Identification
Usually distinguishable from related genera by flat face, bare arista, and pointed first flagellomere. Pelastoneurus has a bulging face and hairs above and below on the arista.
Range
Worldwide, mostly coastal in North America
Habitat
"Nearctic species are found on moist soil or sand or on low herbaceous foliage near water."(1)
Remarks
A key to Paraclius of North American and the West Indies, written by J. M. Aldrich in 1902 appears here.
Print References
Aldrich, J.M. (1902). Dolichopodidae of Grenada, W. I., Kansas Univ. Sci. Bull. Vol. 1(3), 75:95 (Full Text)
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/39871#page/341/mode/1up
Works Cited
1.Catalog of the Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of America north of Mexico
Marc A. A. Pollet et al. 2003. American Museum of Natural History.
Contributed by John F. Carr on 10 August, 2012 - 8:15pm
Additional contributions by Aaron Schusteff, Arturo Santos
Last updated 18 January, 2021 - 6:56pm

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