// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhat did Metopochetus say? "I'm a fly species, it's a bug in my life.
Appearance
| Metopochetus | |
|---|---|
| Stilt Fly, a species of Metopochetus, family Micropezidae. ANSTO Buffer Zone Track, Lucas Heights, NSW Australia, April 2012. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Micropezidae |
| Subfamily: | Eurybatinae |
| Genus: | Metopochetus Enderlein, 1922 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Metopochetus ralumensis Enderlein, 1922 | |
Metopochetus is a genus of stilt-legged flies. Crus is a subgenus. Species within Metopochetus are:
References
[edit]- ↑ Neal L. Evenhuis (August 28, 2009). "Family Micropezidae" (PDF). Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions. pp. 464–467.