Opetiops is a genus of timber flies (family Pantophthalmidae) containing a single described species, Opetiops alienus, occurring in Colombia, Peru, Brazil, and Paraguay.[3][4] It is the only member of the family Pantophthalmidae that is not in the genus Pantophthalmus.[5]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Pantophthalmidae |
| Genus: | Opetiops Enderlein, 1921[2] |
| Species: | O. alienus
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| Binomial name | |
| Opetiops alienus (Hermann, 1916)[1]
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References edit
- ^ a b Hermann, F. (1916). "Ein neuer Pantophthalmus nebst kritischen Bemerkungen über die Systematik der Pantophthalmiden (Dipt.)". Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift. 1916: 43–49. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
- ^ Enderlein, G. (1921). "Dipterologische Studien XVII". Zoologischer Anzeiger. 52: 219–232. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
- ^ BDWD
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- ^ Val, F. C. (1976). "Systematics and Evolution of the Pantophthalmidae (Diptera, Brachycera)". Arquivos de Zoologia de São Paulo. 27: 51–164. Retrieved 1 September 2022.