Actocetor
Sign in to saveActocetor is a genus of shore flies in the family Ephydridae. It was described by Theodor Becker in 1903.
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Actocetor is a genus of shore flies in the family Ephydridae. It was described by Theodor Becker in 1903.
== Species == There are seven recognized species in the genus Actocetor (Poecilostenia): Actocetor decemguttatus (Bezzi, 1908) - Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal Actocetor lindneri (Wirth, 1955) - Kenya, Tanzania Actocetor yaromi (Dikow and Mathis, 2002) - Ethiopia Actocetor (Actocetor): Actocetor afrus (Dikow and Mathis, 2002) - Liberia and 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 nigrifinis (Walker, 1860) - India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Thailand
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