Brachystoma

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Brachycera
Infraordo: Asilomorpha
Superfamilia: Empidoidea

Familia: Brachystomatidae
Subfamilia: Brachystomatinae
Genus: Brachystoma
Species (19): B. aestivum – B. ambiguum – B. fuscipenne – B. longirostre – B. minutum – B. muankai – B. nigrimanum – B. occidentale – B. pleurale – B. punctatum – B. pusillum – B. robertsonii – B. serrulatum – B. setosum – B. takahashii – B. thoracicum – B. versiculosum – B. vesiculosum – B. vittigerum

[sources: Catalogue of Life: 2010 Annual Checklist, Plant (2010)]
Name

Brachystoma Meigen, 1822

Synonyms

Blepharoprocta Loew, 1862

References

ICZN 2014: Opinion 2346 (Case 3588): Brachystoma Meigen, 1822 (Insecta, Diptera, BRACHYSTOMATIDAE): usage conserved. Bulletin of zoological nomenclature 71(4): 262–264. Abstract Reference page.
Loew H. 1862: Ueber griechische Dipteren. In: Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift. Band 6, S. 69–89, Berlin.
Plant, A.R. 2010: Brachystoma Meigen (Diptera: Empidoidea: Brachystomatidae) new to the Oriental (Indo Malayan) realm: a new species from Thailand. Tropical natural history, 10(1): 61–66. PDF PDF
Saigusa, T. 1963: A revision of the Japanese species of the genus Brachystoma (Diptera, Empididae). Sieboldia acta biologica, 3: 167–173. ISSN: 0559-9822 [not seen]
Sinclair, B.J. 1995. Generic revision of the Clinocerinae (Empididae), and description and phylogenetic relationships of the Trichopezinae, new status (Diptera: Empidoidea). The Canadian Entomologist 127(5): 665–752. DOI: 10.4039/Ent127665-5 Paywall. Reference page.
Smith, K.G.V. 1969: The Empididae of Southern Africa (Diptera). Annals of the Natal Museum, 19: 1-347.
Wagner, R.; Andersen, T. 1995: New Empididae (Diptera) from the West Usambara Mts, NE Tanzania. Aquatic insects, 17: 25–35. DOI: 10.1080/01650429509361566 [not seen]
Yang, D.; Zhang, K.; Yao, G.; Zhang, J. 2007: World catalogue of Empididae (Insecta: Diptera). China Agricultural University Press, Beijing. [not seen]

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Brachystoma is a genus of flies belonging to the family Empididae.

Species

B. aestivus (Scopoli, 1763)
B. ambiguum (Philippi, 1865)
B. apicale Smith, 1969[2]
B. bimaculatum Smith, 1969[2]
B. flavella Wagner & Andersen, 1995[3]
B. flavicolle Mik, 1887
B. fuscipennis Saigusa, 1963[4]
B. jonesi Smith, 1969[2]
B. longirostris (Macquart, 1823)
B. minuta (Olivier, 1791)
B. mite (Jones, 1940)[5]
B. montanum Smith, 1969[2]
B. nigrimanum Loew, 1862
B. obscuripes Loew, 1856
B. occidentale Melander, 1902[6]
B. pectiniferum Smith, 1969[2]
B. pleurale Frey, 1956
B. punctatus (Scopoli, 1763)
B. pusillus (Scopoli, 1763)
B. reflexiseta Smith, 1969[2]
B. robertsonii Coquillett, 1895
B. serrulatum Loew, 1861
B. setosus (Scopoli, 1763)
B. simile Smith, 1969[2]
B. spinulosa Loew, 1850
B. spinulosa Meunier, 1899
B. submaculatum Smith, 1969[2]
B. takahashii Saigusa, 1963[4]
B. thoracicum (Philippi, 1865)
B. truncatum Smith, 1969[2]
B. vesiculosum (Fabricius, 1794)
B. vittigerum (Philippi, 1865)

Distribution

Species of this genus are present in Austria, Croatia, France, Germany, Italy, Republic of Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Switzerland.
References

Rondani, Camillo (1856). Dipterologiae Italicae Prodromus. Vol: I. Genera italica ordinis Dipterorum ordinatim disposita et distincta et in familias et stirpes aggregata (in Latin). Parma: A. Stocchi. pp. 226 + [2].
Smith, K. G. V. (1969). "The Empididae of southern Africa (Diptera)". Annals of the Natal Museum. 19: 1–342.
Wagner, Rüdiger; Andersen, Trond (1995). "New Empididae (Diptera) from the West Usambara Mts., NE Tanzania". Aquatic Insects. 17: 25–35. doi:10.1080/01650429509361566.
Saigusa, T. (1963). "A revision of the Japanese species of the genus Brachystoma (Diptera: Empididae)". Sieboldia. 3: 167–174.
Garrett Jones, C. (1940). "Empididae: A. - Hybotinae, Ocydromiinae, Clinocerinae and Hemerodromiinae". Ruwenzori Exped. 1934-5. 2: 257–323.
Melander, Axel Leonard (1902). "A monograph of the North American Empididae. Part I". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 28: 195–367. Retrieved 14 April 2019.