Psilopa

Genus of flies


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::summary Genus of flies ::

| image = Psilopa cf nitidula (1) - 2013-09-13.webm | image_caption = Psilopa cf nitidula | taxon = Psilopa | authority = Fallen, 1823 | display_parents = 2 | type_species = Notiphila nitidula | type_species_authority = Fallen, 1823 | synonyms = *Hygrella Haliday, 1839

  • Ephygrobia Schiner, 1862
  • Diasemocera Bezzi, 1895
  • Domina Hutton, 1901
  • Discocerinella Mercier, 1927

Psilopa is a genus of flies. The Petroleum fly, formerly P. petrolei, which is the only known insect to develop in naturally occurring crude oil, was transferred to genus Helaeomyia.

Species

References

References

  1. (1823). "Hydromyzides Sveciae". Berlingianis.
  2. (1995). "World catalog of shore flies (Diptera: Ephydridae)". Memoirs of Entomology, International.
  3. (1830). "Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäische n zweiflugeligen Insekten". Sechster Theil. Schulz.

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