Palloptera

Palloptera is a genus of flutter flies in the family Pallopteridae. There are at least 30 described species in Palloptera.[1][2][3][4]

Palloptera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Pallopteridae
Genus:	Palloptera Fallén, 1820

Species

These 31 species belong to the genus Palloptera:

• P. albertensis Johnson, 1921 ^{i c g}
• P. ambusta (Meigen, 1826) ^{c g}
• P. anderssoni Rotheray & MacGowan, 1999 ^{c g}
• P. basimaculata Czerny, 1934 ^{c g}
• P. bimaculata Strobl, 1910 ^{c g}
• P. claripennis Malloch, 1924
• P. elegans Merz & Chen, 2005 ^{c g}
• P. ephippium Zetterstedt, 1860 ^{c g}
• P. flava Oldenberg, 1910 ^{c g}
• P. formosa Frey, 1930 ^{c g}
• P. kloiberi Morge, 1967 ^{c g}
• P. kukumorensis Czerny, 1934 ^{c g}
• P. laetabilis Loew, 1873 ^{c g}
• P. longipennis Czerny, 1934 ^{c g}
• P. maculifemur Czerny, 1934 ^{c g}
• P. marginata (Meigen, 1826) ^{c g}
• P. modesta (Meigen, 1830) ^{c g}
• P. orientata Kovalev, 1972 ^{c g}
• P. pallens Loew, 1873 ^{c g}
• P. quinquemaculata (Macquart, 1835) ^{c g}
• P. saltuum (Linnaeus, 1758) ^{c g}
• P. scutellata (Macquart, 1835) ^{c g}
• P. septentrionalis Czerny, 1934 ^{c g}
• P. setosa Melander, 1913 ^{i c g}
• P. subusta Malloch, 1924 ^{i c g b}
• P. terminalis Loew, 1863 ^{i c g}
• P. trimacula (Meigen, 1826) ^{c g}
• P. umbellatarum (Fabricius, 1775) ^{c g}
• P. usta (Meigen, 1826) ^{c g c g}
• P. ustulata Fallén, 1820 ^{c g}
• P. venusta Loew, 1858 ^{c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References

1. "Palloptera Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
2. "Browse Palloptera". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
3. "Palloptera". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
4. "Palloptera Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-03.

Further reading

• McAlpine, J. F.; Petersen, B. V.; Shewell, G. E.; Teskey, H. J.; Vockeroth, J. R.; Wood, D. M., eds. (1987). Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume II. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. ISBN 978-0-660-10731-8.

External links

• Media related to Palloptera at Wikimedia Commons