Actocetor
| Actocetor | |
|---|---|
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| Actocetor indicus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Ephydridae |
| Subfamily: | Discomyzinae |
| Tribe: | Discomyzini |
| Genus: | Becker, 1903 |
| Type species | |
| Ephydra margaritata | |
Actocetor is a genus of shore flies in the family Ephydridae. It was described by Theodor Becker in 1903.[1][2][3]
Species
There are seven recognized species in the genus[2] -
- Actocetor afrus (Dikow and Mathis, 2002) - Liberia and Senegal
- Actocetor decemguttatus (Bezzi, 1908) - Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal
- Actocetor hova (Soika, 1956) - Madagascar
- Actocetor indicus (Wiedemann, 1824) - India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Spain, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Israel, Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Angola, Namibia, Cameroon, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Canary Islands, Seychelles and Cape Verde
- Actocetor lindneri (Wirth, 1955) - Kenya, Tanzania
- Actocetor nigrifinis (Walker, 1860) - India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Thailand
- Actocetor yaromi (Dikow and Mathis, 2002) - Ethiopia
References
- ^ "Genus Actocetor". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2025-08-16.
- ^ a b Dikow, T. (2002). "A Revision and Phylogenetic study of Actocetor Becker (Diptera: Ephydridae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 104 (2): 249–290.
- ^ "Actocetor". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2025-08-17.