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 | |
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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 | |