Psilopa is a genus of flies. The Petroleum fly, formerly P. petrolei, which is the only known insect to develop in naturally occurring crude oil, was transferred to genus Helaeomyia.[2]

Psilopa
Psilopa cf nitidula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Ephydridae
Subfamily: Discomyzinae
Tribe: Psilopini
Genus: Psilopa
Fallen, 1823[1]
Type species
Notiphila nitidula
Fallen, 1823[1]
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  1. ^ a b c Fallen, C.F. (1823). Hydromyzides Sveciae. Lundae [= Lund]: Berlingianis. pp. 12pp. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  2. ^ Mathis, W.N.; Zatwarnicki, T. (1995). "World catalog of shore flies (Diptera: Ephydridae)". Memoirs of Entomology, International. 4: 1–423.
  3. ^ Meigen, J.W. (1830). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäische n zweiflugeligen Insekten. Hamm: Sechster Theil. Schulz. pp. xi + 401 +[3] pp.