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Calycopteryx
Calycopteryx is a genus of stilt-legged fly with only a single recognized species, the Calycopteryx mosleyi (sometimes misspelled moseleyi) native to the Kerguelen Islands and Heard Island of the south Indian Ocean, first described by Alfred Edwin Eaton in 1875. It is characterized by its tiny size and flightlessness.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1124143.