Heterostomus is a genus of flies in the family Xylophagidae. It includes a single species, Heterostomus curvipalpis, known from Chile.[2] It has a reddish-brown pupa with black spines.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Xylophagidae |
| Genus: | Heterostomus Bigot, 1857[1] |
| Species: | H. curvipalpis
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| Binomial name | |
| Heterostomus curvipalpis | |
Some authors have placed Heterostomus in its own family: Heterostomidae. Woodley (2011) states that because its larvae are unknown, its family placement within Xylophagidae remains uncertain.[2]
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References edit
- ^ a b Bigot, J.M.F. (1857). "Diptères nouveaux provenant du Chili". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 5 (3): 277-308. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
- ^ a b c Woodley, N.E. (2011). "A World Catalog of the Xylophagidae (Insecta: Diptera)". Myia. 12: 455–500.
- ^ Coscarón, Sixto; Coscarón, María Del Carmen; Gil-Azevedo, Leonardo H. (20 February 2013). "On the enigmatic Heterostomus curvipalpis Bigot, 1857, with a description of the pupa (Diptera, Brachycera)". Zootaxa. 3616 (3): 268–276. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3616.3.4. hdl:11336/22265. Retrieved 14 December 2022.