Actocetor is a genus of shore flies in the family Ephydridae. It was described by Theodor Becker in 1903.
Species There are seven recognized species in the genus
Actocetor (Poecilostenia): Actocetor decemguttatus (Bezzi, 1908) - Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal Actocetor lindneri (Wirth, 1955) - Kenya, Tanzania Actocetor yaromi (Dikow and Mathis, 2002) - Ethiopia
Actocetor (Actocetor): Actocetor afrus (Dikow and Mathis, 2002) - Liberia and Senegal Actocetor hova (Soika, 1956) - Madagascar Actocetor indicus (Wiedemann, 1824) - India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Spain, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Israel, Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Angola, Namibia, Cameroon, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Canary Islands, Seychelles and Cape Verde Actocetor nigrifinis (Walker, 1860) - India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Thailand
Note: In Dikow & Mathis (2002) the senior objective homonym Actocetor beckeri de Meijere, 1916 is then (p.261) treated as a junior subjective synonym of Actocetor nigrifinis (Walker, 1860). In contrast, the junior objective homonym Actocetor beckeri Hendel, 1917 [replaced by Actocetor hendeli de Meijere, 1924: 202] is then (p.272) treated as a junior subjective synonym of Actocetor indicus (Wiedemann, 1824).
References
Further reading Kirk-Spriggs & Sinclair (2021). Manual of Afrotropical Diptera. Volume 3. Brachycera–Cyclorrhapha, excluding Calyptratae. SANBI, South Africa. p.100]