Lichtwardtia
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| Lichtwardtia | |
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| Lichtwardtia formosana | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Dolichopodidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichopodinae |
| Genus: | Lichtwardtia Enderlein, 1912[1] |
| Type species | |
| Lichtwardtia formosana Enderlein, 1912[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
Lichtwardtia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.[2] 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,[3] but subsequent authors have retained it as a valid genus.[4][5]
