Palloptera

Genus of flies

Palloptera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Pallopteridae
Genus: Palloptera
Fallén, 1820
Species
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Palloptera is a genus of flutter flies in the family Pallopteridae. There are at least 30 described species in Palloptera.[1][2][3][4]

Species

Approximately 33 species belong to the genus Palloptera:

  • P. albertensis Johnson, 1921[1][2][3]
  • P. ambusta (Meigen, 1826)[2][3]
  • P. anderssoni Rotheray & MacGowan, 1999[2][3]
  • P. basimaculata Czerny, 1934[2][3]
  • P. bimaculata Strobl, 1910[2][3]
  • P. claripennis Malloch, 1924
  • P. elegans Merz & Chen, 2005[2][3]
  • P. ephippium Zetterstedt, 1860[2][3]
  • P. flava Oldenberg, 1910[2][3]
  • P. formosa Frey, 1930[2][3]
  • P. hypolithica Zhang. 1989[5] (Burdigalian, China)
  • P. kloiberi Morge, 1967[2][3]
  • P. kukumorensis Czerny, 1934[2][3]
  • P. laetabilis Loew, 1873[2][3]
  • P. longipennis Czerny, 1934[2][3]
  • P. maculifemur Czerny, 1934[2][3]
  • P. marginata (Meigen, 1826)[2][3]
  • P. modesta (Meigen, 1830)[2][3]
  • P. morticina Scudder, 1877[5] (Eocene, British Columbia)
  • P. orientata Kovalev, 1972[2][3]
  • P. pallens Loew, 1873[2][3]
  • P. quinquemaculata (Macquart, 1835)[2][3]
  • P. saltuum (Linnaeus, 1758)[2][3]
  • P. scutellata (Macquart, 1835)[2][3]
  • P. septentrionalis Czerny, 1934[2][3]
  • P. setosa Melander, 1913[1][2][3]
  • P. subusta Malloch, 1924[1][2][3][4]
  • P. terminalis Loew, 1863[1][2][3]
  • P. trimacula (Meigen, 1826)[2][3]
  • P. umbellatarum (Fabricius, 1775)[2][3]
  • P. usta (Meigen, 1826)[2][3]
  • P. ustulata Fallén, 1820[2][3]
  • P. venusta Loew, 1858 [2][3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Palloptera Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae "Browse Palloptera". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae "Palloptera". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  4. ^ a b "Palloptera Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  5. ^ a b "Palloptera Fallen 1820 (fly)". Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

Further reading

  • McAlpine, J. F.; Petersen, B. V.; Shewell, G. E.; Teskey, H. J.; Vockeroth, J. R.; Wood, D. M., eds. (1987). Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume II. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. ISBN 978-0-660-10731-8.
  • Media related to Palloptera at Wikimedia Commons
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