| Oncopygius Temporal range: Upper Oligocene–Present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Dolichopodidae |
| Subfamily: | Neurigoninae |
| Tribe: | Neurigonini |
| Genus: | Oncopygius Mik, 1866 |
| Type species | |
| Systenus ornatus Mik, 1866 | |
Oncopygius is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It includes three living species in Europe, mainly recorded from montane habitats in Central and Southeastern Europe. Also associated with the genus are three extinct species known from fossils found in the Rott Formation of Germany, dated to the Oligocene.
Species
- Oncopygius distans (Loew, 1857)
- Oncopygius formosus Parent, 1927
- Oncopygius magnificus Loew, 1873
- †"Oncopygius" gracilior Statz, 1940
- †"Oncopygius" oligocaenicus Statz, 1940
- †"Oncopygius" venustus Statz, 1940
References
- ^ Mik, Josef (1866). "Beitrag zur Dipterenfauna des österreichischen Küstenlandes". Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien (in German). 16: 301–310.
- Negrobov, O.P. (1991). "Family Dolichopodidae". In Soós, A.; Papp, L. (eds.). Dolichopodidae–Platypezidae. Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera. Vol. 7. Elsevier. pp. 11–136. ISBN 9780444599940.
- Tkoč, Michel; Pollet, Marc (2012). "Oncopygius distans (Diptera: Dolichopodidae): first record from the Czech Republic, and first detailed records from Baden-Württemberg (Germany)" (PDF). Klapalekiana. 48: 275–278. ISSN 1210-6100.
- Sphon, Gale G. (1973). "Additional type specimens of fossil invertebrate in the collections of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County". Contributions in Science (250): 1–75.
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