Papallacta stenoptera is a flightless species of fly in the family Dolichopodidae, and the only member of the genus Papallacta. It was described from mossy páramo habitat near 4000m in the Andes of Ecuador. The genus is named after the Papallacta region. The species name, stenoptera, is derived from the Greek for "narrow wing", referring to the narrow, reduced wings of the species.[1]

Papallacta stenoptera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Medeterinae
Genus: Papallacta
Bickel, 2006[1]
Species:
P. stenoptera
Binomial name
Papallacta stenoptera
Bickel, 2006[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Bickel, D. (2006). "Papallacta (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), a new stenopterous genus from the páramo of Ecuador" (PDF). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 149 (2): 209–213. doi:10.1163/22119434-900000201.