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Mesaptilotus

Mesaptilotus is a genus of flies belonging to the family Sphaeroceridae.

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Mesaptilotus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Sphaeroceridae
Subfamily: Limosininae
Genus: Mesaptilotus
Richards, 19511
Type species
Mesaptilotus pollinosus
Richards, 19511

Mesaptilotus is a genus of flies belonging to the family Sphaeroceridae.2

Species

  • M. ancoralis Richards, 19633
  • M. belemnus Richards, 19633
  • M. bihamatus Richards, 19633
  • M. disjunctus Richards, 19654
  • M. flavitarsis Richards, 19633
  • M. hamatus Richards, 19633
  • M. laminatus Richards, 19633
  • M. minimus Richards, 19633
  • M. ochritarsis Richards, 19633
  • M. pollinosus Richards, 19511
  • M. setitibia Richards, 19633
  • M. tibiellus Richards, 19633
  • M. tumidus Richards, 19633
  • M. vittifrons Richards, 19555
References

References

  1. Richards, O. W. (1951). "Brachypterous Sphaeroceridae". British Museum (Natural History) Ruwenzori Expedition, 1934-1935. 2 (8): 829–851.
  2. Rohček, Jindřich; Marshall, Stephen A.; Norrbom, Allen L.; Buck, Matthias; Quiros, Dora Isabel; Smith, Ian (2001). Rohček, Jindřich (ed.). World Catalog of Sphaeroceridae (Diptera). Opava: Slezské Zemské Muzeum. pp. 1–414. ISBN 978-8086224213. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  3. Richards, O. W. (1963). "The genus Mesaptilotus Richards (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae), with descriptions of new species". Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London. 115 (5): 165–179. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1963.tb00817.x.
  4. Richards, O. W. (1965). "Diptera, Flightless Sphaeroceridae and Chloropidae. Mission zoologique de l'I.R.S.A.C. en Afrique orientale. (P. Basilewsky et N. Leleup, 1957)". Annales du Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Série in 8 o, Sciences Zoologiques. 138: 415–464.
  5. Richards, O. W. (1955). "Contribution à l'étude de la faune entomologique du Ruanda-Urundi (Mission P. Basilewsky 1953) XXXI. Diptera Sphaeroceridae". Annales du Musée Royal du Congo Belge, Tervuren Série in 8 o (Sciences Zoologiques). 36: 296–301.