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Opaluma

Opaluma is a genus of Australian soldier flies in the subfamily Antissinae.

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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Stratiomyidae
Subfamily: Antissinae
Genus: Opaluma
Lessard & Woodley, 20201

Opaluma is a genus of Australian soldier flies in the subfamily Antissinae.

Species

Opaluma has seven species, all described by Bryan Lessard and Norman Woodley:1

  • O. ednae (Lessard & Woodley, 2020)
  • O. fabulosa (Lessard & Woodley, 2020)
  • O. iridescens (Lessard & Woodley, 2020)
  • O. opulens (Lessard & Woodley, 2020)
  • O. rupaul (Lessard & Woodley, 2020)
  • O. sapphira (Lessard & Woodley, 2020)
  • O. unicornis (Lessard & Woodley, 2020)
References

References

  1. Bryan D. Lessard; David K. Yeates; Norman E. Woodley (August 2020). "Opaluma Lessard & Woodley, gen. nov: a new genus of iridescent soldier flies (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) from Australia, including seven new species". Austral Entomology. 59 (3): 467–486. doi:10.1111/aen.12485. S2CID 221463567. Archived from the original on 16 September 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.