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Compsobata
Compsobata nigricornis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Micropezidae
Subfamily:	Calobatinae
Genus:	Compsobata Czerny, 1930

Compsobata is a genus of stilt-legged flies in the family Micropezidae. There are at least 20 described species in Compsobata.

Species

These 20 species belong to the genus Compsobata:

• Compsobata borealis Ozerov, 1987 ^{c g}
• Compsobata caucasica Ozerov, 1990 ^{c g}
• Compsobata cibaria (Linnaeus, 1758) ^{c g}
• Compsobata columbiana Merritt, 1976 ^{i c g}
• Compsobata dentigera (Loew, 1854) ^{c g}
• Compsobata femoralis (Meigen, 1826) ^{c g}
• Compsobata jamesi Merritt, 1971 ^{i c g}
• Compsobata japonica (Hennig, 1938) ^{c g}
• Compsobata kennicotti (Banks, 1926) ^{i c g}
• Compsobata microfulcrum (James, 1946) ^{i c g}
• Compsobata mima (Hennig, 1936) ^{i c g b}
• Compsobata nigricornis (Zetterstedt, 1838) ^{c g}
• Compsobata nitens (Loew, 1870) ^{c g}
• Compsobata nitidicollis (Frey, 1947) ^{c g}
• Compsobata orientalis Ozerov, 1987 ^{c g}
• Compsobata pallipes (Say, 1823) ^{i c g}
• Compsobata sachalinensis (Hennig, 1938) ^{c g}
• Compsobata schumanni Soos, 1975 ^{c g}
• Compsobata silvicola Ozerov, 1987 ^{c g}
• Compsobata univitta (Walker, 1849) ^{i c g b}

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

• McAlpine, J. F.; Petersen, B. V.; Shewell, G. E.; Teskey, H. J.; Vockeroth, J. R.; Wood, D. M., eds. (1987). Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume II. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. ISBN 978-0-660-10731-8.

External links

• Media related to Compsobata at Wikimedia Commons