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 ![]() | |
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 (2): 51–164. doi:10.11606/issn.2176-7793.v27i2p51-164. Retrieved 1 September 2022.