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Paraptilotus

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

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Length
249 w
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Paraptilotus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Sphaeroceridae
Subfamily: Limosininae
Genus: Paraptilotus
Richards, 19381
Type species
Paraptilotus chaetosoma
Richards, 19381
Synonyms
  • Binorbitalia Richards, 19512

Paraptilotus is a genus of flies belonging to the family Sphaeroceridae.3

Species

  • Paraptilotus brunneisternum Richards, 19381
  • Paraptilotus chaetosoma Richards, 19381
  • Paraptilotus discontinuus (Richards, 1954)4
  • Paraptilotus flavipes Richards, 19381
  • Paraptilotus nitidissimus (Richards, 1951)2
  • Paraptilotus pallidus Richards, 19655
  • Paraptilotus rufescens Richards, 19655
  • Paraptilotus senecionis Richards, 19576
  • Paraptilotus tricolor Richards, 19655
References

References

  1. Richards, O. W. (1938a). "Diptera Sphaeroceridae (Borboridae, Cypselidae). Mission scientifique de l'Omo". Mémoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 4 (40). Paris: 381–405.
  2. Richards, O. W. (1951). "Brachypterous Sphaeroceridae". British Museum (Natural History) Ruwenzori Expedition, 1934-1935. 2 (8): 829–851.
  3. 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.
  4. Richards, O. W. (1954). "Two new wingless species of Diptera, Sphaeroceridae (Borboridae), from Ethiopia". Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology. 42 (286): 387–391. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1954.tb02214.x.
  5. 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.
  6. Richards, O. W. (1957). "On apterous and brachypterous Sphaeroceridae from Mt. Elgon in the collection of the Musée royal du Congo belge, Tervuren (Diptera)". Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines. 55: 374–382.