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| Psilopa | |
|---|---|
| Psilopa cf nitidula | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Ephydridae |
| Subfamily: | Discomyzinae |
| Tribe: | Psilopini |
| Genus: | Psilopa Fallen, 1823[1] |
| Type species | |
| Notiphila nitidula | |
| Synonyms | |
Psilopa is a genus of flies. The Petroleum fly, the only known insect to develop in naturally occurring crude oil, was once placed in this genus but then transferred elsewhere, as Helaeomyia.[2], but later as Diasemocera petrolei (Coquillett, 1899).[3]
Species
[edit]- Psilopa aeneonigra
- Psilopa aequalipes
- Psilopa aethiopiae
- Psilopa africana
- Psilopa angola
- Psilopa antennata
- Psilopa apicalis
- Psilopa atlantica
- Psilopa clara
- Psilopa composita
- Psilopa compta
- Psilopa confentei
- Psilopa desmata
- Psilopa dupla
- Psilopa elsa
- Psilopa fannya
- Psilopa fisseli
- Psilopa flavescens
- Psilopa flaviantennalis
- Psilopa flavida
- Psilopa flavimanus
- Psilopa fratella
- Psilopa gigantea
- Psilopa gracilis
- Psilopa grisescens
- Psilopa iceryae
- Psilopa insolita
- Psilopa irregularis
- Psilopa loewi
- Psilopa mackiei
- Psilopa meneghinii
- Psilopa mentita
- Psilopa metallica
- Psilopa nana
- Psilopa nervimaculata
- Psilopa nigricornis
- Psilopa nigrifacies
- Psilopa nigrina
- Psilopa nigritella
- Psilopa nigrithorax
- Psilopa nilotica
- Psilopa nitidifacies
- Psilopa nitidissima
- Psilopa nitidula Fallen, 1823[1]
- Psilopa obscuripes
- Psilopa ovaliformis
- Psilopa pappi
- Psilopa pectinata
- Psilopa polita
- Psilopa pulchripes
- Psilopa pulicaria
- Psilopa punica
- Psilopa quadratula
- Psilopa radiolata
- Psilopa roederi
- Psilopa rufibasis
- Psilopa rufipes
- Psilopa rufithorax
- Psilopa rutilans
- Psilopa senegalensis
- Psilopa sinensis
- Psilopa singaporensis
- Psilopa thora
- Psilopa tonsa
- Psilopa urbana
- Psilopa victoria
- Psilopa violacea
Else for Psilopa bornholmi, Psilopa girschneri, Psilopa leucostoma (Meigen, 1830)[4], Psilopa marginella Psilopa martima see Diasemocera
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Fallen, C.F. (1823). Hydromyzides Sveciae. Lundae [= Lund]: Berlingianis. pp. 12pp. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
- ↑ Mathis, W.N.; Zatwarnicki, T. (1995). "World catalog of shore flies (Diptera: Ephydridae)". Memoirs of Entomology, International. 4: 1–423.
- ↑ Zatwarnicki, Tadeusz (October 2018). "Solving the Puzzle of Taxonomic Position of the Petroleum Fly by Resurrection of Diasemocera Bezzi from Psilopa Fallén (Diptera: Ephydridae) with Proposed Specific and Generic Synonymies". Annales Zoologici. 68 (3): 527–552. doi:10.3161/00034541ANZ2018.68.3.012. ISSN 0003-4541.
- ↑ Meigen, J.W. (1830). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäische n zweiflugeligen Insekten. Hamm: Sechster Theil. Schulz. pp. xi + 401 +[3] pp.