Grootaertia
Genus of flies
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Grootaertia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae from southern Africa. It is close in appearance to the genus Paramedetera. The genus is named after the Belgian entomologist Patrick Grootaert.[1]
| Grootaertia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Dolichopodidae |
| Subfamily: | Medeterinae |
| Genus: | Grootaertia Grichanov, 1999[1] |
| Type species | |
| Grootaertia kuznetsovi | |
Species
- Grootaertia anomalipennis Grichanov, 1999[1] – South Africa (Western Cape)
- Grootaertia anomalopyga Grichanov, 1999[1] – South Africa (Western Cape)
- Grootaertia asymmetrica Grichanov, 1999[1] – South Africa (Western Cape)
- Grootaertia bistylata Grichanov, 1999[1] – South Africa (Western Cape)
- Grootaertia brevipennis Grichanov, 2000[2] – South Africa (Western Cape)
- Grootaertia irwini Grichanov, 2000[2] – South Africa (Western Cape)
- Grootaertia kuznetsovi Grichanov, 1999[1] – South Africa (Western Cape, Eastern Cape)
- Grootaertia skorpionensis Grichanov, Kirk-Spriggs & Grootaert, 2006[3] – southern Namibia
