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Psilopa
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.
19 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Psilopa nitidula
speciesPsilopa nitidula
Psilopa polita
speciesPsilopa polita
Psilopa mentita
speciesPsilopa mentita
Psilopa obscuripes
speciesPsilopa obscuripes
Psilopa compta
speciesPsilopa compta
Psilopa aeneonigra
speciesPsilopa aeneonigra
Psilopa dupla
speciesPsilopa dupla
Psilopa angola
speciesPsilopa angola
Psilopa mackiei
speciesPsilopa mackiei
Psilopa nigritella
speciesPsilopa nigritella
Psilopa apicalis
speciesPsilopa apicalis
Psilopa iceryae
speciesPsilopa iceryae
Psilopa aethiopiae
speciesPsilopa aethiopiae
Psilopa clara
speciesPsilopa clara
Psilopa wangi
speciesPsilopa wangi
Psilopa pulchripes
speciesPsilopa pulchripes
Psilopa victoria
speciesPsilopa victoria
Psilopa stackelbergi
speciesPsilopa stackelbergi
Psilopa tonsa
speciesPsilopa tonsa
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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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 203273.