Dolichocephala Macquart, 1823

Sinclair, Bradley J. & Plant, Adrian R., 2017, Dolichocephala Macquart of Thailand (Diptera: Empididae: Clinocerinae), Zootaxa 4358 (3), pp. 551-568 : 552

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4358.3.9
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6041693
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scientific name	Dolichocephala Macquart
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Dolichocephala Macquart View in CoL View at ENA

Dolichocephala Macquart, 1823: 147 View in CoL . Type-species, D. maculata Macquart View in CoL (= Tachydromia irrorata Fallén [as “ Hemerodromyia irrorata ”]), by monotypy.

Ardoptera Macquart, 1828: 105 . Type-species, Tachydromia irrorata Fallén , by monotypy.

Leptosceles Haliday, 1833: 160 . Type-species, L. guttata Haliday (original designation).

Lamposoma Becker, 1889: 338 . Type-species, L. cavaticum Becker View in CoL (monotypy).

Fur Garrett Jones, 1940: 294 . Type-species, F. fugitivus Garrett Jones (original designation).

Obstinocephala Garrett Jones, 1940: 296 . Type-species, O. tali Garrett Jones View in CoL (original designation).

Recognition. Dolichocephala View in CoL is distinguished from all other clinocerine genera by the following combination of characters: position of attachment of head high on occiput, wings usually white spotted, and male terminalia often with an extension of the subepandrial sclerite beyond base of clasping cercus.

Description. See Collin (1961) and Sinclair (1995) for full description of the genus and the latter for a key to genera of Clinocerinae .