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'''Opetiidae''' or '''flat-footed flies''' are members of a family of flies of the [[order (biology)|Order]] [[Diptera]].<ref name=Chandler2000/> The family contains only four extant species in one genus, ''[[Opetia]]'', and the remaining taxa are known only from fossils.
'''Opetiidae''' or '''flat-footed flies''' are members of a family of flies of the [[order (biology)|Order]] [[Diptera]].<ref name=Chandler2000/> The family contains only four extant species in one genus, ''[[Opetia]]'', and the remaining taxa are known only from fossils.


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Opetiidae
Opetia nigra Meigen, 1830
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Opetiidae

Chandler 1981[1]

Opetiidae or flat-footed flies are members of a family of flies of the Order Diptera.[1] The family contains only four extant species in one genus, Opetia, and the remaining taxa are known only from fossils.

Family description

wing venation

See [1]

Classification

Opetiidae was formerly in Platypezidae.

References

  1. ^ a b Chandler, P.J. (2001). Flat-Footed Flies: (Diptera Opetiidae and Platypezidae) of Europe (Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica 36 ed.). Brill Academic Pub. pp. 1–278. ISBN 9004120238. {{cite book}}: |format= requires |url= (help)
  2. ^ a b c d e Zhang, J.-F. (1987). "Four new genera of Platypezidae". Acta Paleontol. Sinica. 26: 595–603.
  3. ^ a b Meigen, J. W. (1830). "Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europaischen zweiflugeligen Insekten". Sechster Theil. Schulz, Hamm.: xi + 401 +[3].
  4. ^ Shatalkin, A. I. (1985). "A survey of Platypezidae (Diptera) of the USSR fauna". Sbornik Trud. zool. Muz. MGU. 23: 69–136.
  5. ^ a b Saigusa, T. (1963). "Systematic studies of Japanese Platypezidae. I. Genus Opetia Meigen". Sieboldia. 3: 105–108.
  6. ^ Statz, G. (1940). "Neue Dipteren (Brachycera et Cyclorrhapha) aus dem Oberoligozan von Rott". Palaeontographica (A). 91: 120–174, pl. 19–27.
  7. ^ a b Coram, R.; Jarzembowski, E. A.; Mostovski, M. B. (2000). "Two rare eremoneuran flies (Diptera: Empididae and Opetiidae) from the Purbeck Limestone group". Paleontol. J. (suppl.). 34: 370–373.
  8. ^ a b Meunier, F. (1893). "Note sur les Platypezidae de l'ambre tertiaire". Bull. Soc. Zool. France. 18: 230–234.

Images

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