Opetiops

Opetiops
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Pantophthalmidae
Genus: Opetiops
Enderlein, 1921[2]
Species:
O. alienus
Binomial name
Opetiops alienus
(Hermann, 1916)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pantophthalmus alienus Hermann, 1916[1]

Opetiops is a genus of timber flies (family Pantophthalmidae) containing a single described species, Opetiops alienus, occurring in Colombia, Peru, Brazil, and Paraguay.[3][4] It is the only member of the family Pantophthalmidae that is not in the genus Pantophthalmus.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Hermann, F. (1916). "Ein neuer Pantophthalmus nebst kritischen Bemerkungen über die Systematik der Pantophthalmiden (Dipt.)". Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift. 1916: 43–49. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  2. ^ Enderlein, G. (1921). "Dipterologische Studien XVII". Zoologischer Anzeiger. 52: 219–232. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  3. ^ BDWD
  4. ^ BDWD
  5. ^ Val, F. C. (1976). "Systematics and Evolution of the Pantophthalmidae (Diptera, Brachycera)". Arquivos de Zoologia de São Paulo. 27 (2): 51–164. doi:10.11606/issn.2176-7793.v27i2p51-164. Retrieved 1 September 2022.