Chrysopilus
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Chrysopilus is common, worldwide genus of predatory snipe flies
. There are approximately 300 species in the genus, including fossil members that are sometimes found in amber
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Rhagionidae
Rhagionidae or snipe flies are a small family of flies containing 21 genera.-Description:Rhagionidae are medium-sized or large flies with slender bodies and stilt-like legs. The mouthparts are adapted for piercing and many species are haematophagous as adults, while others are predatory on other...
. There are approximately 300 species in the genus, including fossil members that are sometimes found in amber
Amber
Amber is fossilized tree resin , which has been appreciated for its color and natural beauty since Neolithic times. Amber is used as an ingredient in perfumes, as a healing agent in folk medicine, and as jewelry. There are five classes of amber, defined on the basis of their chemical constituents...
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Species
(incomplete)- C. aequalis (WalkerFrancis Walker (entomologist)Francis Walker was an English entomologist. He was one of the most prolific authors in entomology, and stirred controversy during his later life as his publications resulted in a huge number of junior synonyms....
, 1848) - C. aequicellulatus (FreyHeinrich FreyHeinrich Frey was a German-born Swiss entomologist who studied Lepidoptera. He was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and died in Zurich, Switzerland.-Biography:...
, 1954) - C. alaskaensis HardyD. Elmo HardyDilbert Elmo Hardy was an American entomologist who specialized in Diptera systematics.-Career:In over 70 years of research Hardy published 437 articles and notes in which he named and described nearly 2,000 species in 34 different families of Diptera...
, 1949 - C. albobasalis BrunettiEnrico Adelelmo BrunettiEnrico Adelelmo Brunetti was a British musician and entomologist.Brunetti's mother was English and his father of Italian origin was a confectioner and importer of wines who ran a restaurant in South Kensington. A musician by profession, Brunetti was a composer for orchestra and piano...
, 1920 - C. albopictus BrunettiEnrico Adelelmo BrunettiEnrico Adelelmo Brunetti was a British musician and entomologist.Brunetti's mother was English and his father of Italian origin was a confectioner and importer of wines who ran a restaurant in South Kensington. A musician by profession, Brunetti was a composer for orchestra and piano...
, 1909 - C. aldrichi James, 1936
- C. alpicola (Pokorny, 1886)
- C. alternatus BrunettiEnrico Adelelmo BrunettiEnrico Adelelmo Brunetti was a British musician and entomologist.Brunetti's mother was English and his father of Italian origin was a confectioner and importer of wines who ran a restaurant in South Kensington. A musician by profession, Brunetti was a composer for orchestra and piano...
, 1920 - C. amamiensis Nagatomi, 1968
- C. americanus (SchinerIgnaz Rudolph SchinerIgnaz Rudolf Schiner was an Austrian entomologist who specialised in Diptera.Schiner was born in Fronsburg , Horn in 1813 and died in Vienna on 6 July 1873. He was a ministerial secretary in ViennaHis most significant publications are...
, 1868) - C. amurensis Soboleva, 1986
- C. andersoni Leonard, 1930
- C. andicola LindnerErwin LindnerErwin Lindner was a German entomologist mainly interested in Diptera.He was born in Böglins, Memmingen , 7 April 1888 and died in Stuttgart 30 November 1988, aged 100 years....
, 1924 - C. andringitrensis Stuckenberg, 1965
- C. androgynus Paramonov, 1962
- C. angustifacies HardyD. Elmo HardyDilbert Elmo Hardy was an American entomologist who specialized in Diptera systematics.-Career:In over 70 years of research Hardy published 437 articles and notes in which he named and described nearly 2,000 species in 34 different families of Diptera...
, 1949 - C. angustifrons FreyHeinrich FreyHeinrich Frey was a German-born Swiss entomologist who studied Lepidoptera. He was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and died in Zurich, Switzerland.-Biography:...
, 1954 - C. ankaratrae Stuckenberg, 1965
- C. anthracinus BigotJacques-Marie-Frangile BigotJacques Marie Frangile Bigot was a French naturalist and entomologist most noted for his studies of Diptera. Born in Paris, where he lived all his life, though he had a small house in Quincy-sous-Sénart, Essonne.He became a member of the Entomological Society of France in 1844. His first paper...
, 1887 - C. antipoda BigotJacques-Marie-Frangile BigotJacques Marie Frangile Bigot was a French naturalist and entomologist most noted for his studies of Diptera. Born in Paris, where he lived all his life, though he had a small house in Quincy-sous-Sénart, Essonne.He became a member of the Entomological Society of France in 1844. His first paper...
, 1887 - C. antongilensis Stuckenberg, 1965
- C. apicalis Wulp, 1882
- C. apicimaculatus Yang & Yang, 1991
- C. apyros SéguyEugène SéguyEugène Séguy was a French entomologist who specialised in Diptera. He held a chair of entomology at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris from 1956 -1960.Portraits and Number 7, bottom row.-Works:...
, 1948 - C. arctica (FreyHeinrich FreyHeinrich Frey was a German-born Swiss entomologist who studied Lepidoptera. He was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and died in Zurich, Switzerland.-Biography:...
, 1918) - C. arctiventris James, 1936
- C. argenteofasciatus (Bromley, 1931)
- C. argenteus Paramonov, 1962
- C. argyrophorus (SchinerIgnaz Rudolph SchinerIgnaz Rudolf Schiner was an Austrian entomologist who specialised in Diptera.Schiner was born in Fronsburg , Horn in 1813 and died in Vienna on 6 July 1873. He was a ministerial secretary in ViennaHis most significant publications are...
, 1868) - C. asiaticus LindnerErwin LindnerErwin Lindner was a German entomologist mainly interested in Diptera.He was born in Böglins, Memmingen , 7 April 1888 and died in Stuttgart 30 November 1988, aged 100 years....
, 1923 - C. asiliformisChrysopilus asiliformisChrysopilus asiliformis, the 'little snipefly', is a species of 'snipe flies' belonging to the family Rhagionidae.This species is present in most of Europe....
Preyssler, 1791 - C. ater (WillistonSamuel Wendell WillistonSamuel Wendell Williston was an American educator and paleontologist who was the first to propose that birds developed flight cursorially , rather than arboreally . He was also an entomologist, specialising in Diptera.-Early life:Williston was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Samuel Williston and...
, 1896) - C. aterrimus (WillistonSamuel Wendell WillistonSamuel Wendell Williston was an American educator and paleontologist who was the first to propose that birds developed flight cursorially , rather than arboreally . He was also an entomologist, specialising in Diptera.-Early life:Williston was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Samuel Williston and...
, 1901) - C. atricornis Stuckenberg, 1965
- C. auratus (FabriciusJohan Christian FabriciusJohan Christian Fabricius was a Danish zoologist, specialising in "Insecta", which at that time included all arthropods: insects, arachnids, crustaceans and others...
, 1805) - C. aymara LindnerErwin LindnerErwin Lindner was a German entomologist mainly interested in Diptera.He was born in Böglins, Memmingen , 7 April 1888 and died in Stuttgart 30 November 1988, aged 100 years....
, 1924 - C. azurinus FreyHeinrich FreyHeinrich Frey was a German-born Swiss entomologist who studied Lepidoptera. He was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and died in Zurich, Switzerland.-Biography:...
, 1954 - C. basalis WalkerFrancis Walker (entomologist)Francis Walker was an English entomologist. He was one of the most prolific authors in entomology, and stirred controversy during his later life as his publications resulted in a huge number of junior synonyms....
, 1860 - C. basifasciatus Paramonov, 1962
- C. basiflavus Yang & Yang, 1992
- C. basilaris (SayThomas SayThomas Say was an American naturalist, entomologist, malacologist, herpetologist and carcinologist. A taxonomist, he is often considered to be the father of descriptive entomology in the United States. He described more than 1,000 new species of beetles and over 400 species of insects of other...
, 1823) - C. beameri HardyD. Elmo HardyDilbert Elmo Hardy was an American entomologist who specialized in Diptera systematics.-Career:In over 70 years of research Hardy published 437 articles and notes in which he named and described nearly 2,000 species in 34 different families of Diptera...
, 1949 - C. bequaerti CurranCharles Howard CurranCharles Howard Curran was an Canadian entomologist who specialised in Diptera....
, 1931 - C. betsileorum Stuckenberg, 1965
- C. binoculatus EdwardsFrederick Wallace EdwardsFrederick Wallace Edwards FRS , was an English entomologist who specialised in Diptera....
, 1915 - C. binotatus LoewHermann LoewFriedrich Hermann Loew was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges...
, 1871 - C. birmanensis BrunettiEnrico Adelelmo BrunettiEnrico Adelelmo Brunetti was a British musician and entomologist.Brunetti's mother was English and his father of Italian origin was a confectioner and importer of wines who ran a restaurant in South Kensington. A musician by profession, Brunetti was a composer for orchestra and piano...
, 1920 - C. bisectus OldroydHarold OldroydHarold Oldroyd was a British entomologist, born in 1914. He specialised in the biology of flies, and wrote many books, especially popular science that helped entomology to reach a broader public. His "The Natural History of Flies" is considered to be the "fly Bible"...
, 1939 - C. bistriatipennis BrunettiEnrico Adelelmo BrunettiEnrico Adelelmo Brunetti was a British musician and entomologist.Brunetti's mother was English and his father of Italian origin was a confectioner and importer of wines who ran a restaurant in South Kensington. A musician by profession, Brunetti was a composer for orchestra and piano...
, 1927 - C. boettcheri FreyHeinrich FreyHeinrich Frey was a German-born Swiss entomologist who studied Lepidoptera. He was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and died in Zurich, Switzerland.-Biography:...
, 1954 - C. brunneifrons KertészKálmán KertészKálmán Kertész Kálmán Kertész Kálmán Kertész (2 January 1867 Prešov – 28 December 1922 Budapest was a Hungarian entomologist mainly interested in Diptera.He was the director of the Zoological Department of the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest....
, 1902 - C. caducus (WiedemannChristian Rudolph Wilhelm WiedemannChristian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann , was a German physician, historian, naturalist and entomologist...
, 1828) - C. calchaqui Coscaron & Coscaron, 1995
- C. calopterus (SchinerIgnaz Rudolph SchinerIgnaz Rudolf Schiner was an Austrian entomologist who specialised in Diptera.Schiner was born in Fronsburg , Horn in 1813 and died in Vienna on 6 July 1873. He was a ministerial secretary in ViennaHis most significant publications are...
, 1868) - C. choui Yang & Yang, 1989
- C. chrysopiliformis (LindnerErwin LindnerErwin Lindner was a German entomologist mainly interested in Diptera.He was born in Böglins, Memmingen , 7 April 1888 and died in Stuttgart 30 November 1988, aged 100 years....
, 1924) - C. clarapex FreyHeinrich FreyHeinrich Frey was a German-born Swiss entomologist who studied Lepidoptera. He was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and died in Zurich, Switzerland.-Biography:...
, 1954 - C. claricinctus LindnerErwin LindnerErwin Lindner was a German entomologist mainly interested in Diptera.He was born in Böglins, Memmingen , 7 April 1888 and died in Stuttgart 30 November 1988, aged 100 years....
, 1923 - C. clarus (WalkerFrancis Walker (entomologist)Francis Walker was an English entomologist. He was one of the most prolific authors in entomology, and stirred controversy during his later life as his publications resulted in a huge number of junior synonyms....
, 1852) - C. clemendoti Stuckenberg, 1965
- C. cochinensis BrunettiEnrico Adelelmo BrunettiEnrico Adelelmo Brunetti was a British musician and entomologist.Brunetti's mother was English and his father of Italian origin was a confectioner and importer of wines who ran a restaurant in South Kensington. A musician by profession, Brunetti was a composer for orchestra and piano...
, 1920 - C. coeruleothorax LindnerErwin LindnerErwin Lindner was a German entomologist mainly interested in Diptera.He was born in Böglins, Memmingen , 7 April 1888 and died in Stuttgart 30 November 1988, aged 100 years....
, 1925 - C. cognatus Stuckenberg, 1965
- C. collesi Paramonov, 1962
- C. commoni Paramonov, 1962
- C. connexus Johnson, 1912
- C. consanguineus SchinerIgnaz Rudolph SchinerIgnaz Rudolf Schiner was an Austrian entomologist who specialised in Diptera.Schiner was born in Fronsburg , Horn in 1813 and died in Vienna on 6 July 1873. He was a ministerial secretary in ViennaHis most significant publications are...
, 1868 - C. correctus Osten SackenKarl Robert Osten-SackenBaron Karl-Robert von Osten-Sacken was a Russian diplomat and entomologist. He served as the Russian consul general in New York during the American Civil War, living in the United States from 1856 to 1877....
, 1882 - C. cricosphaerota SpeiserPaul Gustav Eduard SpeiserPaul Gustav Eduard Speiser was a German entomologist who specialised in Diptera.He was first a physician then a Medizinalrat, a medical adviser to a district.He worked on world Diptera, especially...
, 1914 - C. cubensis CurranCharles Howard CurranCharles Howard Curran was an Canadian entomologist who specialised in Diptera....
, 1931 - C. dauricus FreyHeinrich FreyHeinrich Frey was a German-born Swiss entomologist who studied Lepidoptera. He was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and died in Zurich, Switzerland.-Biography:...
, 1954 - C. davisi Johnson, 1912
- C. decisus (WalkerFrancis Walker (entomologist)Francis Walker was an English entomologist. He was one of the most prolific authors in entomology, and stirred controversy during his later life as his publications resulted in a huge number of junior synonyms....
, 1857) - C. decoratus de Meijere, 1911
- C. depressiconus FreyHeinrich FreyHeinrich Frey was a German-born Swiss entomologist who studied Lepidoptera. He was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and died in Zurich, Switzerland.-Biography:...
, 1954 - C. dilatus Cresson, 1919
- C. diplostigma BezziMario BezziMario Bezzi was an Italian professor of zoology at the University of Turin. He was also Director of the Turin Museum of Natural History...
, 1917 - C. ditissimis BezziMario BezziMario Bezzi was an Italian professor of zoology at the University of Turin. He was also Director of the Turin Museum of Natural History...
, 1912 - C. dives LoewHermann LoewFriedrich Hermann Loew was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges...
, 1871 - C. divisus HardyD. Elmo HardyDilbert Elmo Hardy was an American entomologist who specialized in Diptera systematics.-Career:In over 70 years of research Hardy published 437 articles and notes in which he named and described nearly 2,000 species in 34 different families of Diptera...
, 1949 - C. donato CurranCharles Howard CurranCharles Howard Curran was an Canadian entomologist who specialised in Diptera....
, 1931 - C. edgari Paramonov, 1962
- C. egregius de Meijere,, 1919
- C. elegansChrysopilus elegansChrysopilus elegans is a snipe fly species in the genus Chrysopilus found from Costa Rica to Peru....
SchinerIgnaz Rudolph SchinerIgnaz Rudolf Schiner was an Austrian entomologist who specialised in Diptera.Schiner was born in Fronsburg , Horn in 1813 and died in Vienna on 6 July 1873. He was a ministerial secretary in ViennaHis most significant publications are...
, 1868 - C. erythrophthalmus LoewHermann LoewFriedrich Hermann Loew was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges...
, 1840 - C. facetticus Paramonov, 1962
- C. fasciatus (SayThomas SayThomas Say was an American naturalist, entomologist, malacologist, herpetologist and carcinologist. A taxonomist, he is often considered to be the father of descriptive entomology in the United States. He described more than 1,000 new species of beetles and over 400 species of insects of other...
, 1823) - C. fascipennis (BrunettiEnrico Adelelmo BrunettiEnrico Adelelmo Brunetti was a British musician and entomologist.Brunetti's mother was English and his father of Italian origin was a confectioner and importer of wines who ran a restaurant in South Kensington. A musician by profession, Brunetti was a composer for orchestra and piano...
, 1920) - C. fasciventris CurranCharles Howard CurranCharles Howard Curran was an Canadian entomologist who specialised in Diptera....
, 1931 - C. ferruginosus (WiedemannChristian Rudolph Wilhelm WiedemannChristian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann , was a German physician, historian, naturalist and entomologist...
, 1819) - C. fimbriatus Stuckenberg, 1997
- C. flaveolus (MeigenJohann Wilhelm MeigenJohann Wilhelm Meigen was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.-Early years:Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha Bick. His parents, though not poor, were not wealthy either. The ran a small shop in...
, 1820) - C. flavibarbus Adams, 1904
- C. flaviscutellus Yang & Yang, 1989
- C. flavopilosus BrunettiEnrico Adelelmo BrunettiEnrico Adelelmo Brunetti was a British musician and entomologist.Brunetti's mother was English and his father of Italian origin was a confectioner and importer of wines who ran a restaurant in South Kensington. A musician by profession, Brunetti was a composer for orchestra and piano...
, 1920 - C. flavopunctatus BrunettiEnrico Adelelmo BrunettiEnrico Adelelmo Brunetti was a British musician and entomologist.Brunetti's mother was English and his father of Italian origin was a confectioner and importer of wines who ran a restaurant in South Kensington. A musician by profession, Brunetti was a composer for orchestra and piano...
, 1909 - C. foedus LoewHermann LoewFriedrich Hermann Loew was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges...
, 1861 - C. fulvidus BigotJacques-Marie-Frangile BigotJacques Marie Frangile Bigot was a French naturalist and entomologist most noted for his studies of Diptera. Born in Paris, where he lived all his life, though he had a small house in Quincy-sous-Sénart, Essonne.He became a member of the Entomological Society of France in 1844. His first paper...
, 1891 - C. fuscicinctus BrunettiEnrico Adelelmo BrunettiEnrico Adelelmo Brunetti was a British musician and entomologist.Brunetti's mother was English and his father of Italian origin was a confectioner and importer of wines who ran a restaurant in South Kensington. A musician by profession, Brunetti was a composer for orchestra and piano...
, 1927
- C. fuscipes BigotJacques-Marie-Frangile BigotJacques Marie Frangile Bigot was a French naturalist and entomologist most noted for his studies of Diptera. Born in Paris, where he lived all his life, though he had a small house in Quincy-sous-Sénart, Essonne.He became a member of the Entomological Society of France in 1844. His first paper...
, 1887 - C. gansuensis Yang & Yang, 1991
- C. gemmiferus FreyHeinrich FreyHeinrich Frey was a German-born Swiss entomologist who studied Lepidoptera. He was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and died in Zurich, Switzerland.-Biography:...
, 1954 - C. georgianus HardyD. Elmo HardyDilbert Elmo Hardy was an American entomologist who specialized in Diptera systematics.-Career:In over 70 years of research Hardy published 437 articles and notes in which he named and described nearly 2,000 species in 34 different families of Diptera...
, 1949 - C. gilvipennis EdwardsFrederick Wallace EdwardsFrederick Wallace Edwards FRS , was an English entomologist who specialised in Diptera....
, 1919 - C. golbachi Coscaron & Coscaron, 1995
- C. grandis Yang & Yang, 1993
- C. gratiosus Paramonov, 1962
- C. gravelyi BrunettiEnrico Adelelmo BrunettiEnrico Adelelmo Brunetti was a British musician and entomologist.Brunetti's mother was English and his father of Italian origin was a confectioner and importer of wines who ran a restaurant in South Kensington. A musician by profession, Brunetti was a composer for orchestra and piano...
, 1920 - C. griffithi Johnson, 1897
- C. griseipennis BezziMario BezziMario Bezzi was an Italian professor of zoology at the University of Turin. He was also Director of the Turin Museum of Natural History...
, 1912 - C. griveaudi Stuckenberg, 1965
- C. guangxiensis Yang & Yang, 1992
- C. guianicus CurranCharles Howard CurranCharles Howard Curran was an Canadian entomologist who specialised in Diptera....
, 1931 - C. guttipennis WalkerFrancis Walker (entomologist)Francis Walker was an English entomologist. He was one of the most prolific authors in entomology, and stirred controversy during his later life as his publications resulted in a huge number of junior synonyms....
, 1861 - C. guttulatus de Meijere, 1914
- C. hakusanus Nagatomi, 1978
- C. hardyi Nagatomi & Evenhuis, 1989
- C. helvolus (MeigenJohann Wilhelm MeigenJohann Wilhelm Meigen was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.-Early years:Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha Bick. His parents, though not poor, were not wealthy either. The ran a small shop in...
, 1820) - C. heroicus Paramonov, 1962
- C. howei Paramonov, 1962
- C. huashanus Yang & Yang, 1989
- C. hubeiensis Yang & Yang, 1991
- C. humeralis BrunettiEnrico Adelelmo BrunettiEnrico Adelelmo Brunetti was a British musician and entomologist.Brunetti's mother was English and his father of Italian origin was a confectioner and importer of wines who ran a restaurant in South Kensington. A musician by profession, Brunetti was a composer for orchestra and piano...
, 1912 - C. humilis LoewHermann LoewFriedrich Hermann Loew was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges...
, 1874 - C. hybridus LindnerErwin LindnerErwin Lindner was a German entomologist mainly interested in Diptera.He was born in Böglins, Memmingen , 7 April 1888 and died in Stuttgart 30 November 1988, aged 100 years....
, 1924 - C. iani Paramonov, 1962
- C. illustris FreyHeinrich FreyHeinrich Frey was a German-born Swiss entomologist who studied Lepidoptera. He was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and died in Zurich, Switzerland.-Biography:...
, 1954 - C. imitator Paramonov, 1962
- C. impar WalkerFrancis Walker (entomologist)Francis Walker was an English entomologist. He was one of the most prolific authors in entomology, and stirred controversy during his later life as his publications resulted in a huge number of junior synonyms....
, 1861 - C. incidens CurranCharles Howard CurranCharles Howard Curran was an Canadian entomologist who specialised in Diptera....
, 1927 - C. indris Stuckenberg, 1965
- C. inka LindnerErwin LindnerErwin Lindner was a German entomologist mainly interested in Diptera.He was born in Böglins, Memmingen , 7 April 1888 and died in Stuttgart 30 November 1988, aged 100 years....
, 1924 - C. insularis SchinerIgnaz Rudolph SchinerIgnaz Rudolf Schiner was an Austrian entomologist who specialised in Diptera.Schiner was born in Fronsburg , Horn in 1813 and died in Vienna on 6 July 1873. He was a ministerial secretary in ViennaHis most significant publications are...
, 1868 - C. intermedius BezziMario BezziMario Bezzi was an Italian professor of zoology at the University of Turin. He was also Director of the Turin Museum of Natural History...
, 1895 - C. invalidus WillistonSamuel Wendell WillistonSamuel Wendell Williston was an American educator and paleontologist who was the first to propose that birds developed flight cursorially , rather than arboreally . He was also an entomologist, specialising in Diptera.-Early life:Williston was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Samuel Williston and...
, 1901 - C. irroratus SchinerIgnaz Rudolph SchinerIgnaz Rudolf Schiner was an Austrian entomologist who specialised in Diptera.Schiner was born in Fronsburg , Horn in 1813 and died in Vienna on 6 July 1873. He was a ministerial secretary in ViennaHis most significant publications are...
, 1868 - C. itoi Nagatomi, 1958
- C. ivontakae Stuckenberg, 1965
- C. jamaicensis (Johnson, 1894)
- C. keiseri Stuckenberg, 1965
- C. kimoroensis Stuckenberg, 1965
- C. kincaidi HardyD. Elmo HardyDilbert Elmo Hardy was an American entomologist who specialized in Diptera systematics.-Career:In over 70 years of research Hardy published 437 articles and notes in which he named and described nearly 2,000 species in 34 different families of Diptera...
, 1949 - C. komurae MatsumuraShonen Matsumurawas a Japanese entomologist .Born in Akashi, Hyōgo, Dr. Shonen Matsumura established Japan’s first course on entomology at Hokkaido University .The courses were both applied and theoretical...
, 1911 - C. kyotoensis FreyHeinrich FreyHeinrich Frey was a German-born Swiss entomologist who studied Lepidoptera. He was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and died in Zurich, Switzerland.-Biography:...
, 1954 - C. laetus ZetterstedtJohan Wilhelm ZetterstedtJohan Wilhelm Zetterstedt was a Swedish naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera and Hymenoptera.-Biography:Zetterstedt studied at the University of Lund, where he was a pupil of Anders Jahan Retzius. He received the title of professor in 1822 and succeeded Carl Adolph Agardh as professor of botany...
, 1842 - C. lateralis OldroydHarold OldroydHarold Oldroyd was a British entomologist, born in 1914. He specialised in the biology of flies, and wrote many books, especially popular science that helped entomology to reach a broader public. His "The Natural History of Flies" is considered to be the "fly Bible"...
, 1939 - C. latifrons BezziMario BezziMario Bezzi was an Italian professor of zoology at the University of Turin. He was also Director of the Turin Museum of Natural History...
, 1898 - C. latipennis Stuckenberg, 1965
- C. latistigma CurranCharles Howard CurranCharles Howard Curran was an Canadian entomologist who specialised in Diptera....
, 1931 - C. latus BrunettiEnrico Adelelmo BrunettiEnrico Adelelmo Brunetti was a British musician and entomologist.Brunetti's mother was English and his father of Italian origin was a confectioner and importer of wines who ran a restaurant in South Kensington. A musician by profession, Brunetti was a composer for orchestra and piano...
, 1920 - C. lemur Stuckenberg, 1965
- C. leonardi CurranCharles Howard CurranCharles Howard Curran was an Canadian entomologist who specialised in Diptera....
, 1931 - C. leptiformis KertészKálmán KertészKálmán Kertész Kálmán Kertész Kálmán Kertész (2 January 1867 Prešov – 28 December 1922 Budapest was a Hungarian entomologist mainly interested in Diptera.He was the director of the Zoological Department of the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest....
, 1902 - C. lii Yang. Yang. and Nagatomi, 1997
- C. lilianae Soboleva, 1986
- C. lineatus LindnerErwin LindnerErwin Lindner was a German entomologist mainly interested in Diptera.He was born in Böglins, Memmingen , 7 April 1888 and died in Stuttgart 30 November 1988, aged 100 years....
, 1929 - C. lokobiensis Stuckenberg, 1965
- C. longipalpis HardyD. Elmo HardyDilbert Elmo Hardy was an American entomologist who specialized in Diptera systematics.-Career:In over 70 years of research Hardy published 437 articles and notes in which he named and described nearly 2,000 species in 34 different families of Diptera...
, 1949 - C. lucifer WalkerFrancis Walker (entomologist)Francis Walker was an English entomologist. He was one of the most prolific authors in entomology, and stirred controversy during his later life as his publications resulted in a huge number of junior synonyms....
, 1852 - C. lucimaculatus Yang & Yang, 1992
- C. luctuosus (BrunettiEnrico Adelelmo BrunettiEnrico Adelelmo Brunetti was a British musician and entomologist.Brunetti's mother was English and his father of Italian origin was a confectioner and importer of wines who ran a restaurant in South Kensington. A musician by profession, Brunetti was a composer for orchestra and piano...
, 1909) - C. luculentus Nagatomi, 1968
- C. ludens LoewHermann LoewFriedrich Hermann Loew was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges...
, 1861 - C. lugubrinus de Meijere, 1924
- C. lupinus Osten SackenKarl Robert Osten-SackenBaron Karl-Robert von Osten-Sacken was a Russian diplomat and entomologist. He served as the Russian consul general in New York during the American Civil War, living in the United States from 1856 to 1877....
, 1881 - C. luteolus (FallénCarl Fredrik FallénCarl Fredrik Fallén was a Swedish botanist and entomologist.Fallén taught at the Lund University. He wrote Diptera Sueciae .In 1817, Fallen discovered the Muscina stabulans species of flies....
, 1814) - C. mackerrasi Paramonov, 1962
- C. macularis CurranCharles Howard CurranCharles Howard Curran was an Canadian entomologist who specialised in Diptera....
, 1931 - C. maculipennis (WalkerFrancis Walker (entomologist)Francis Walker was an English entomologist. He was one of the most prolific authors in entomology, and stirred controversy during his later life as his publications resulted in a huge number of junior synonyms....
, 1857) - C. madecassus Stuckenberg, 1965
- C. maerens LoewHermann LoewFriedrich Hermann Loew was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges...
, 1873 - C. magnipennis BrunettiEnrico Adelelmo BrunettiEnrico Adelelmo Brunetti was a British musician and entomologist.Brunetti's mother was English and his father of Italian origin was a confectioner and importer of wines who ran a restaurant in South Kensington. A musician by profession, Brunetti was a composer for orchestra and piano...
, 1909 - C. malaisei FreyHeinrich FreyHeinrich Frey was a German-born Swiss entomologist who studied Lepidoptera. He was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and died in Zurich, Switzerland.-Biography:...
, 1954 - C. marmoratus BrunettiEnrico Adelelmo BrunettiEnrico Adelelmo Brunetti was a British musician and entomologist.Brunetti's mother was English and his father of Italian origin was a confectioner and importer of wines who ran a restaurant in South Kensington. A musician by profession, Brunetti was a composer for orchestra and piano...
, 1909 - C. mcalpinei Paramonov, 1962
- C. megacephalus Stuckenberg, 1965
- C. mexicanus BellardiLuigi BellardiLuigi Bellardi was an Italian malacologist and entomologist who specialised in Diptera.Bellardi was born in Genoa and died in Turin...
, 1861 - C. modestus LoewHermann LoewFriedrich Hermann Loew was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges...
, 1872 - C. mojiangensis Yang & Yang, 1989
- C. montanorum Paramonov, 1962
- C. moramangensis Stuckenberg, 1965
- C. morimotoi Nagatomi, 1968
- C. mundus Stuckenberg, 1965
- C. mutabilis Stuckenberg, 1965
- C. nagatomii Yang & Yang, 1991
- C. nanus WillistonSamuel Wendell WillistonSamuel Wendell Williston was an American educator and paleontologist who was the first to propose that birds developed flight cursorially , rather than arboreally . He was also an entomologist, specialising in Diptera.-Early life:Williston was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Samuel Williston and...
, 1901 - C. neimongolicus Yang & Yang, 1990
- C. nemoris Stuckenberg, 1965
- C. niger BellardiLuigi BellardiLuigi Bellardi was an Italian malacologist and entomologist who specialised in Diptera.Bellardi was born in Genoa and died in Turin...
, 1862 - C. nigricauda Beling, 1873
- C. nigrifacies Nagatomi, 1968
- C. nigrimaculatus Yang & Yang, 1991
- C. nigrimarginatus Yang & Yang, 1990
- C. nigripalpis BezziMario BezziMario Bezzi was an Italian professor of zoology at the University of Turin. He was also Director of the Turin Museum of Natural History...
, 1912 - C. nigrocinctus BrunettiEnrico Adelelmo BrunettiEnrico Adelelmo Brunetti was a British musician and entomologist.Brunetti's mother was English and his father of Italian origin was a confectioner and importer of wines who ran a restaurant in South Kensington. A musician by profession, Brunetti was a composer for orchestra and piano...
, 1927 - C. ningminganus Yang & Yang, 1993
- C. nitidiventris Tonnoir, 1927
- C. niveofarinosus FreyHeinrich FreyHeinrich Frey was a German-born Swiss entomologist who studied Lepidoptera. He was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and died in Zurich, Switzerland.-Biography:...
, 1954
- C. nobilipennis FreyHeinrich FreyHeinrich Frey was a German-born Swiss entomologist who studied Lepidoptera. He was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and died in Zurich, Switzerland.-Biography:...
, 1954 - C. norrisi Paramonov, 1962
- C. nubecula (FallénCarl Fredrik FallénCarl Fredrik Fallén was a Swedish botanist and entomologist.Fallén taught at the Lund University. He wrote Diptera Sueciae .In 1817, Fallen discovered the Muscina stabulans species of flies....
, 1814) - C. nudus Cresson, 1919
- C. obscuralatus Yang & Yang, 1989
- C. obscuratus de Meijere, 1914
- C. obscuribarbus (LoewHermann LoewFriedrich Hermann Loew was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges...
, 1869) - C. obscuripes SpeiserPaul Gustav Eduard SpeiserPaul Gustav Eduard Speiser was a German entomologist who specialised in Diptera.He was first a physician then a Medizinalrat, a medical adviser to a district.He worked on world Diptera, especially...
, 1923 - C. okutanii Nagatomi, 1968
- C. opacifrons de Meijere, 1911
- C. opalescens BrunettiEnrico Adelelmo BrunettiEnrico Adelelmo Brunetti was a British musician and entomologist.Brunetti's mother was English and his father of Italian origin was a confectioner and importer of wines who ran a restaurant in South Kensington. A musician by profession, Brunetti was a composer for orchestra and piano...
, 1920 - C. opalizans de Meijere, 1913
- C. ornatipennis (BrunettiEnrico Adelelmo BrunettiEnrico Adelelmo Brunetti was a British musician and entomologist.Brunetti's mother was English and his father of Italian origin was a confectioner and importer of wines who ran a restaurant in South Kensington. A musician by profession, Brunetti was a composer for orchestra and piano...
, 1909) - C. ornatus (SayThomas SayThomas Say was an American naturalist, entomologist, malacologist, herpetologist and carcinologist. A taxonomist, he is often considered to be the father of descriptive entomology in the United States. He described more than 1,000 new species of beetles and over 400 species of insects of other...
, 1823) - C. pallipes (LoewHermann LoewFriedrich Hermann Loew was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges...
, 1869) - C. pallipilosus Yang & Yang, 1992
- C. palparis LoewHermann LoewFriedrich Hermann Loew was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges...
, 1869 - C. panamensis CurranCharles Howard CurranCharles Howard Curran was an Canadian entomologist who specialised in Diptera....
, 1931 - C. parvus Yang, Yang, and Nagatomi, 1997
- C. peruanus KertészKálmán KertészKálmán Kertész Kálmán Kertész Kálmán Kertész (2 January 1867 Prešov – 28 December 1922 Budapest was a Hungarian entomologist mainly interested in Diptera.He was the director of the Zoological Department of the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest....
, 1902 - C. philippii LindnerErwin LindnerErwin Lindner was a German entomologist mainly interested in Diptera.He was born in Böglins, Memmingen , 7 April 1888 and died in Stuttgart 30 November 1988, aged 100 years....
, 1924 - C. pilosus Leonard, 1930
- C. pingquanus Yang, Yang, and Nagatomi, 1997
- C. pingxianganus Yang & Yang, 1992
- C. plebeius WillistonSamuel Wendell WillistonSamuel Wendell Williston was an American educator and paleontologist who was the first to propose that birds developed flight cursorially , rather than arboreally . He was also an entomologist, specialising in Diptera.-Early life:Williston was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Samuel Williston and...
, 1901 - C. poecilapterus (BezziMario BezziMario Bezzi was an Italian professor of zoology at the University of Turin. He was also Director of the Turin Museum of Natural History...
, 1912) - C. praetiosus LoewHermann LoewFriedrich Hermann Loew was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges...
, 1869 - C. propinquus KertészKálmán KertészKálmán Kertész Kálmán Kertész Kálmán Kertész (2 January 1867 Prešov – 28 December 1922 Budapest was a Hungarian entomologist mainly interested in Diptera.He was the director of the Zoological Department of the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest....
, 1902 - C. proximus (WalkerFrancis Walker (entomologist)Francis Walker was an English entomologist. He was one of the most prolific authors in entomology, and stirred controversy during his later life as his publications resulted in a huge number of junior synonyms....
, 1848) - C. puella WillistonSamuel Wendell WillistonSamuel Wendell Williston was an American educator and paleontologist who was the first to propose that birds developed flight cursorially , rather than arboreally . He was also an entomologist, specialising in Diptera.-Early life:Williston was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Samuel Williston and...
, 1901 - C. pullus LoewHermann LoewFriedrich Hermann Loew was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges...
, 1869 - C. pusilla (MacquartJustin Pierre Marie MacquartJustin Pierre Marie Macquart was a French entomologist specialising in the study of Diptera. He worked on world species as well as European and described many new species.-Early years:...
, 1855) - C. quadratus (SayThomas SayThomas Say was an American naturalist, entomologist, malacologist, herpetologist and carcinologist. A taxonomist, he is often considered to be the father of descriptive entomology in the United States. He described more than 1,000 new species of beetles and over 400 species of insects of other...
, 1823) - C. rhagiodes Bromley, 1931
- C. rotundipennis LoewHermann LoewFriedrich Hermann Loew was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges...
, 1861 - C. rufipes MacquartJustin Pierre Marie MacquartJustin Pierre Marie Macquart was a French entomologist specialising in the study of Diptera. He worked on world species as well as European and described many new species.-Early years:...
, 1850 - C. ruiliensis Yang & Yang, 1990
- C. saffranus (BigotJacques-Marie-Frangile BigotJacques Marie Frangile Bigot was a French naturalist and entomologist most noted for his studies of Diptera. Born in Paris, where he lived all his life, though he had a small house in Quincy-sous-Sénart, Essonne.He became a member of the Entomological Society of France in 1844. His first paper...
, 1887) - C. sauteri BezziMario BezziMario Bezzi was an Italian professor of zoology at the University of Turin. He was also Director of the Turin Museum of Natural History...
, 1907 - C. schnusei LindnerErwin LindnerErwin Lindner was a German entomologist mainly interested in Diptera.He was born in Böglins, Memmingen , 7 April 1888 and died in Stuttgart 30 November 1988, aged 100 years....
, 1924 - C. segmentatus BrunettiEnrico Adelelmo BrunettiEnrico Adelelmo Brunetti was a British musician and entomologist.Brunetti's mother was English and his father of Italian origin was a confectioner and importer of wines who ran a restaurant in South Kensington. A musician by profession, Brunetti was a composer for orchestra and piano...
, 1909 - C. sericeus Bromley, 1931
- C. shaanxiensis Yang & Yang, 1989
- C. shananus (FreyHeinrich FreyHeinrich Frey was a German-born Swiss entomologist who studied Lepidoptera. He was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and died in Zurich, Switzerland.-Biography:...
, 1954) - C. shibuyai Nagatomi, 1968
- C. siculus LoewHermann LoewFriedrich Hermann Loew was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges...
, 1869 - C. sigillatus LindnerErwin LindnerErwin Lindner was a German entomologist mainly interested in Diptera.He was born in Böglins, Memmingen , 7 April 1888 and died in Stuttgart 30 November 1988, aged 100 years....
, 1930 - C. silvaticus Nagatomi, 1968
- C. silvicola Nagatomi, 1968
- C. similis BrunettiEnrico Adelelmo BrunettiEnrico Adelelmo Brunetti was a British musician and entomologist.Brunetti's mother was English and his father of Italian origin was a confectioner and importer of wines who ran a restaurant in South Kensington. A musician by profession, Brunetti was a composer for orchestra and piano...
, 1920 - C. simillimus de Meijere, 1914
- C. simplex de Meijere, 1904
- C. smaragdinus KertészKálmán KertészKálmán Kertész Kálmán Kertész Kálmán Kertész (2 January 1867 Prešov – 28 December 1922 Budapest was a Hungarian entomologist mainly interested in Diptera.He was the director of the Zoological Department of the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest....
, 1902 - C. sogai Stuckenberg, 1965
- C. sordidus BrunettiEnrico Adelelmo BrunettiEnrico Adelelmo Brunetti was a British musician and entomologist.Brunetti's mother was English and his father of Italian origin was a confectioner and importer of wines who ran a restaurant in South Kensington. A musician by profession, Brunetti was a composer for orchestra and piano...
, 1920 - C. splendidus MeigenJohann Wilhelm MeigenJohann Wilhelm Meigen was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.-Early years:Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha Bick. His parents, though not poor, were not wealthy either. The ran a small shop in...
, 1820 - C. squamithorax BrunettiEnrico Adelelmo BrunettiEnrico Adelelmo Brunetti was a British musician and entomologist.Brunetti's mother was English and his father of Italian origin was a confectioner and importer of wines who ran a restaurant in South Kensington. A musician by profession, Brunetti was a composer for orchestra and piano...
, 1927 - C. stigma BrunettiEnrico Adelelmo BrunettiEnrico Adelelmo Brunetti was a British musician and entomologist.Brunetti's mother was English and his father of Italian origin was a confectioner and importer of wines who ran a restaurant in South Kensington. A musician by profession, Brunetti was a composer for orchestra and piano...
, 1909 - C. stigmatias (BigotJacques-Marie-Frangile BigotJacques Marie Frangile Bigot was a French naturalist and entomologist most noted for his studies of Diptera. Born in Paris, where he lived all his life, though he had a small house in Quincy-sous-Sénart, Essonne.He became a member of the Entomological Society of France in 1844. His first paper...
, 1887) - C. strigipennis de Meijere, 1914
- C. stylatus WalkerFrancis Walker (entomologist)Francis Walker was an English entomologist. He was one of the most prolific authors in entomology, and stirred controversy during his later life as his publications resulted in a huge number of junior synonyms....
, 1864 - C. subaquilis Nagatomi, 1968
- C. sucini Stuckenberg, 1965
- C. suomianus (SziládyZoltán SziládyZoltán Szilády was a Hungarian museologist, entomologist and university lecturer. He specialised in Diptera.-Biography:See under Diptera Collection.-Works:Partial List...
, 1934) - C. superbus Stuckenberg, 1965
- C. tanakai Nagatomi, 1978
- C. tasmaniensis White, 1914
- C. tenggeranus FreyHeinrich FreyHeinrich Frey was a German-born Swiss entomologist who studied Lepidoptera. He was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and died in Zurich, Switzerland.-Biography:...
, 1934 - C. testaceipes BigotJacques-Marie-Frangile BigotJacques Marie Frangile Bigot was a French naturalist and entomologist most noted for his studies of Diptera. Born in Paris, where he lived all his life, though he had a small house in Quincy-sous-Sénart, Essonne.He became a member of the Entomological Society of France in 1844. His first paper...
, 1887 - C. testaceus LoewHermann LoewFriedrich Hermann Loew was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges...
, 1858 - C. tomentosus BigotJacques-Marie-Frangile BigotJacques Marie Frangile Bigot was a French naturalist and entomologist most noted for his studies of Diptera. Born in Paris, where he lived all his life, though he had a small house in Quincy-sous-Sénart, Essonne.He became a member of the Entomological Society of France in 1844. His first paper...
, 1887 - C. torrentium Thomas, 1978
- C. trifasciatus WalkerFrancis Walker (entomologist)Francis Walker was an English entomologist. He was one of the most prolific authors in entomology, and stirred controversy during his later life as his publications resulted in a huge number of junior synonyms....
, 1860 - C. trimaculatus Yang & Yang, 1989
- C. tsacasi Thomas, 1979
- C. tuckerei BezziMario BezziMario Bezzi was an Italian professor of zoology at the University of Turin. He was also Director of the Turin Museum of Natural History...
, 1929 - C. turkestanus LindnerErwin LindnerErwin Lindner was a German entomologist mainly interested in Diptera.He was born in Böglins, Memmingen , 7 April 1888 and died in Stuttgart 30 November 1988, aged 100 years....
, 1931 - C. ugensis Nagatomi, 1968
- C. ungaranensis de Meijere, 1911
- C. unicolor BrunettiEnrico Adelelmo BrunettiEnrico Adelelmo Brunetti was a British musician and entomologist.Brunetti's mother was English and his father of Italian origin was a confectioner and importer of wines who ran a restaurant in South Kensington. A musician by profession, Brunetti was a composer for orchestra and piano...
, 1909 - C. unicus CurranCharles Howard CurranCharles Howard Curran was an Canadian entomologist who specialised in Diptera....
, 1931 - C. vacillans WalkerFrancis Walker (entomologist)Francis Walker was an English entomologist. He was one of the most prolific authors in entomology, and stirred controversy during his later life as his publications resulted in a huge number of junior synonyms....
, 1858 - C. vadoni Stuckenberg, 1965
- C. valdivianus Philippi, 1865
- C. varius KertészKálmán KertészKálmán Kertész Kálmán Kertész Kálmán Kertész (2 January 1867 Prešov – 28 December 1922 Budapest was a Hungarian entomologist mainly interested in Diptera.He was the director of the Zoological Department of the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest....
, 1902 - C. velutinus LoewHermann LoewFriedrich Hermann Loew was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges...
, 1861 - C. vespertinus Stuckenberg, 1965
- C. villosissimus Paramonov, 1962
- C. virtuosus Nagatomi, 1958
- C. waigiensis (BigotJacques-Marie-Frangile BigotJacques Marie Frangile Bigot was a French naturalist and entomologist most noted for his studies of Diptera. Born in Paris, where he lived all his life, though he had a small house in Quincy-sous-Sénart, Essonne.He became a member of the Entomological Society of France in 1844. His first paper...
, 1887) - C. wirthi Stuckenberg, 1997
- C. xanthocromus Yang & Yang, 1990
- C. xanthopus HardyD. Elmo HardyDilbert Elmo Hardy was an American entomologist who specialized in Diptera systematics.-Career:In over 70 years of research Hardy published 437 articles and notes in which he named and described nearly 2,000 species in 34 different families of Diptera...
, 1949 - C. xizangensis Yang & Yang, 1991
- C. yerburyi BrunettiEnrico Adelelmo BrunettiEnrico Adelelmo Brunetti was a British musician and entomologist.Brunetti's mother was English and his father of Italian origin was a confectioner and importer of wines who ran a restaurant in South Kensington. A musician by profession, Brunetti was a composer for orchestra and piano...
, 1920 - C. yezonis Nagatomi, 1968
- C. yunnanensis Yang & Yang, 1990
- C. zanjensis Stuckenberg, 1965