Achradocera
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| Achradocera | |
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| Achradocera barbata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Dolichopodidae |
| Subfamily: | Diaphorinae |
| Genus: | Achradocera Becker, 1922[1] |
| Type species | |
| Achradocera femoralis | |
Achradocera is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.[2] It is distributed in the Nearctic and Neotropical realms as well as in Polynesia.[3] Several Afrotropical species were also placed in the genus, but in 2018 they were transferred to Chrysotus.[4] Achradocera was formerly considered a subgenus of Chrysotus, but was restored as a separate genus by Harold E. Robinson (1975).[3]
Adult males of Achradocera can be recognised by several secondary sex characteristics: their antennae have the first flagellomere elongated and swollen at the base with a narrow tip, and they have rows of thickened setae underneath the eyes.[3]
