Ahercostomus
| Ahercostomus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Dolichopodidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichopodinae |
| Genus: | Ahercostomus Yang & Saigusa, 2001 |
| Species: | A. jiangchenganus |
| Binomial name | |
| Ahercostomus jiangchenganus (Yang & Saigusa, 2001) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Hercostomus (Ahercostomus) jiangchenganus Yang & Saigusa, 2001 | |
Ahercostomus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It currently contains only one species, Ahercostomus jiangchenganus, known only from China. Ahercostomus was originally created as a subgenus of Hercostomus; it was later promoted to genus rank by Zhang & Yang (2005). Alternatively, Brook (2005) provisionally regards Ahercostomus as a synonym of Hercostomus.
The specific name refers to the type locality, Jiangcheng, which is located in the Yunnan province of China.