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Apterachalcus

Apterachalcus borboroides, male (body length about 1.2 mm)
Conservation status
Naturally Uncommon (NZ TCS)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Dolichopodidae
Subfamily:	Achalcinae
Genus:	Apterachalcus Bickel, 1992^[2]
Species:	A. borboroides
Binomial name
*Apterachalcus borboroides* (Oldroyd, 1955)
Synonyms
Acropsilus borboroides Oldroyd, 1955

Apterachalcus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It has only one described species, Apterachalcus borboroides, known from New Zealand. It was originally described by Harold Oldroyd in 1955, who placed the species in Acropsilus. However, Daniel J. Bickel determined that the species did not belong to Acropsilus, and created a new genus for it in 1991.^[2]

It is wingless and somewhat laterally compressed, giving it a somewhat flea-like appearance. It has been found in the Auckland Islands and Campbell Island in the New Zealand subantarctic. This or closely related undescribed species have also been found at high altitude above the Paparoa Range and Stewart Island.^[2]^[3]

The generic name is derived from the stem apter- of apteros (Greek for "wingless") and Achalcus, the name of a closely related genus.^[2]

References

Wikispecies has information related to Apterachalcus.

^ "Species Details". NZTCS. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Bickel, D. J. (1991). "Sciapodinae, Medeterinae (Insecta: Diptera) with a generic review of the Dolichopodidae" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 23 (published 13 Jan 1992): 1–74. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
^ Oldroyd, H. (1955). "The Diptera of Auckland and Campbell Islands. Part 4.] A wingless dolichopodid (Diptera) from Campbell Island". Records of the Dominion Museum. 2 (4): 243–246. ISSN 0373-7233. Retrieved 31 December 2015.

Taxon identifiers
Apterachalcus	Wikidata: Q4782220 Wikispecies: Apterachalcus GBIF: 1607069 iNaturalist: 374022 IRMNG: 1114398 ITIS: 573085 NZOR: 1c64c398-fb31-43fe-9d54-8628fac0696b Open Tree of Life: 4338576 WoRMS: 987231
Apterachalcus borboroides	Wikidata: Q95597595 Wikispecies: Apterachalcus borboroides GBIF: 1607070 iNaturalist: 385979 IRMNG: 10049428 NZOR: c5cda6d8-3ddb-449e-ae04-b69cfdb5971a Open Tree of Life: 4337803 WoRMS: 987715

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