Atlatlia
Genus of flies
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Atlatlia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.[1] It was originally established for two species found in eucalypt forests in Australia, and was later expanded to include a third Australian species, three species from New Caledonia, and a number of extinct species found in Baltic and Bitterfeld amber from the Paleogene. The appearance of Atlatlia in Baltic/Bitterfeld amber suggests that the genus once had a much wider distribution.[2] In males of the Atlatlia grisea species group, the seventh segment of the abdomen is extremely elongated, forming a hypopygial peduncle. The name of the genus is derived from atlatl, the Nahuatl word for "spear-thrower", in reference to the male preabdomen which appears to act as an atlatl for the hypopygial peduncle.[1]
| Atlatlia Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Dolichopodidae |
| Subfamily: | Medeterinae |
| Genus: | Atlatlia Bickel, 1986[1] |
| Type species | |
| Atlatlia grisea Bickel, 1986 | |
Species
The genus includes fifteen species, which are divided into two species groups:[2]
Atlatlia grisea group:
- Atlatlia acra Bickel in Bickel & Martin, 2025 – New Caledonia
- Atlatlia argenticoxa Bickel in Bickel & Martin, 2025 – New Caledonia
- Atlatlia cowanae Bickel in Bickel & Martin, 2025 – New Caledonia
- Atlatlia flaviseta Bickel, 1986 – Australia (Western Australia)
- Atlatlia grisea Bickel, 1986 – Australia (New South Wales)
- Atlatlia isolata Bickel in Bickel & Martin, 2025 – Australia (New South Wales)
- †Atlatlia corynoura Bickel in Bickel & Martin, 2025 – Baltic amber, Eocene/Oligocene
- †Atlatlia electrica Bickel in Bickel & Martin, 2025 – Baltic amber and Bitterfeld amber, Eocene/Oligocene
- †Atlatlia licina Bickel in Bickel & Martin, 2025 – Baltic amber, Eocene/Oligocene
Atlatlia ulrichi group:
- †Atlatlia angulicauda Bickel in Bickel & Martin, 2025 – Baltic amber, Eocene/Oligocene
- †Atlatlia cryptica Bickel in Bickel & Martin, 2025 – Baltic amber, Eocene/Oligocene
- †Atlatlia penicillata Bickel in Bickel & Martin, 2025 – Baltic amber, Eocene/Oligocene
- †Atlatlia ramosa Bickel in Bickel & Martin, 2025 – Baltic amber, Eocene/Oligocene
- †Atlatlia tonsa Bickel in Bickel & Martin, 2025 – Baltic amber, Eocene/Oligocene
- †Atlatlia ulrichi Bickel in Bickel & Martin, 2025 – Baltic amber and Bitterfeld amber, Eocene/Oligocene
