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 (Bezzi, 1906) Lichtwardtia aldabrensis Meuffels & Grootaert, 2007 Lichtwardtia angularis (Macquart, 1842) Lichtwardtia angulicornis Grichanov, 2004 Lichtwardtia cambodiensis Tang & Grootaert, 2018 Lichtwardtia clypeata Grichanov, 2004 Lichtwardtia conspicabilis Tang & Grootaert, 2018 Lichtwardtia dentalis Zhang, Masunaga & Yang, 2009 Lichtwardtia dianaensis Grichanov, 2019 Lichtwardtia emelyanovi Grichanov, 1998 Lichtwardtia formosana Enderlein, 1912 Lichtwardtia fractinervis (Parent, 1929) Lichtwardtia ghanaensis Grichanov, 2019 Lichtwardtia guineensis Grichanov & Dubrovskiy, 2024 Lichtwardtia hilgerae Grichanov, 2004 Lichtwardtia hirsutiseta (De Meijere, 1916) Lichtwardtia hollisi Grichanov, 1998 Lichtwardtia infuscata Tang & Grootaert, 2018 Lichtwardtia maculata (Parent, 1936) Lichtwardtia melanesiana (Bickel, 2008) Lichtwardtia microlepis (Parent, 1939) Lichtwardtia minuscula (Parent, 1934) Lichtwardtia mironovi Grichanov, 1998 Lichtwardtia monstruosa Tang & Grootaert, 2018 Lichtwardtia moseikoi Grichanov, 2020 Lichtwardtia musolini Grichanov, 2019 Lichtwardtia nabozhenkoi Grichanov, 2020 Lichtwardtia nigrifacies Grichanov, 2004 Lichtwardtia nigrotorquata (Parent, 1937) Lichtwardtia nikitai Grichanov, 2019 Lichtwardtia nikolaevae Grichanov, 1998 Lichtwardtia nodulata Grootaert & Tang, 2018 Lichtwardtia oromiaensis Grichanov, 2019 Lichtwardtia polychroma (Loew, 1864) Lichtwardtia semakau Grootaert & Tang, 2018 Lichtwardtia singaporensis Grootaert & Tang, 2018 Lichtwardtia sukharevae Grichanov, 1998 Lichtwardtia tikhonovi Grichanov, 1998 Lichtwardtia zhangae Tang & Grootaert, 2018
The following species are considered nomina dubia: Lichtwardtia coxalis (Kertész, 1901) Lichtwardtia ziczac (Wiedemann, 1824)
Lichtwardtia taiwanensis Zhang, Masunaga & Yang, 2009 is a synonym of L. formosana Enderlein, 1912.
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