Psilopa is a genus of flies. The Petroleum fly, formerly P. petrolei, which is the only known insect to develop in naturally occurring crude oil, was transferred to genus Helaeomyia.[2]
| Psilopa | |
|---|---|
| Psilopa cf nitidula | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Ephydridae |
| Subfamily: | Discomyzinae |
| Tribe: | Psilopini |
| Genus: | Psilopa Fallen, 1823[1] |
| Type species | |
| Notiphila nitidula | |
| Synonyms | |
Species
edit- Psilopa aeneonigra
- Psilopa aequalipes
- Psilopa aethiopiae
- Psilopa africana
- Psilopa angola
- Psilopa antennata
- Psilopa apicalis
- Psilopa atlantica
- Psilopa bornholmi
- Psilopa clara
- Psilopa composita
- Psilopa compta
- Psilopa confentei
- Psilopa desmata
- Psilopa dupla
- Psilopa elsa
- Psilopa fannya
- Psilopa fisseli
- Psilopa flavescens
- Psilopa flaviantennalis
- Psilopa flavida
- Psilopa flavimanus
- Psilopa fratella
- Psilopa gigantea
- Psilopa girschneri
- Psilopa gracilis
- Psilopa grisescens
- Psilopa iceryae
- Psilopa insolita
- Psilopa irregularis
- Psilopa leucostoma (Meigen, 1830)[3]
- Psilopa loewi
- Psilopa mackiei
- Psilopa marginella
- Psilopa martima
- Psilopa meneghinii
- Psilopa mentita
- Psilopa metallica
- Psilopa nana
- Psilopa nervimaculata
- Psilopa nigricornis
- Psilopa nigrifacies
- Psilopa nigrina
- Psilopa nigritella
- Psilopa nigrithorax
- Psilopa nilotica
- Psilopa nitidifacies
- Psilopa nitidissima
- Psilopa nitidula Fallen, 1823[1]
- Psilopa obscuripes
- Psilopa ovaliformis
- Psilopa pappi
- Psilopa pectinata
- Psilopa polita
- Psilopa pulchripes
- Psilopa pulicaria
- Psilopa punica
- Psilopa quadratula
- Psilopa radiolata
- Psilopa roederi
- Psilopa rufibasis
- Psilopa rufipes
- Psilopa rufithorax
- Psilopa rutilans
- Psilopa senegalensis
- Psilopa sinensis
- Psilopa singaporensis
- Psilopa thora
- Psilopa tonsa
- Psilopa urbana
- Psilopa victoria
- Psilopa violacea
References
edit- ^ a b c Fallen, C.F. (1823). Hydromyzides Sveciae. Lundae [= Lund]: Berlingianis. pp. 12pp. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
- ^ Mathis, W.N.; Zatwarnicki, T. (1995). "World catalog of shore flies (Diptera: Ephydridae)". Memoirs of Entomology, International. 4: 1–423.
- ^ Meigen, J.W. (1830). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäische n zweiflugeligen Insekten. Hamm: Sechster Theil. Schulz. pp. xi + 401 +[3] pp.