Heterostomus

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Heterostomus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Xylophagidae
Genus: Heterostomus
Bigot, 1857 [1]
Species:
H. curvipalpis
Binomial name
Heterostomus curvipalpis
Bigot, 1857 [1]

Heterostomus is a genus of flies in the family Xylophagidae. It includes a single species, Heterostomus curvipalpis, known from Chile. [2] It has a reddish-brown pupa with black spines. [3]

Some authors have placed Heterostomus in its own family: Heterostomidae. Woodley (2011) states that because its larvae are unknown, its family placement within Xylophagidae remains uncertain. [2]

Distribution

Chile. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Bigot, J.M.F. (1857). "Diptères nouveaux provenant du Chili". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 5 (3): 277-308. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 Woodley, N.E. (2011). "A World Catalog of the Xylophagidae (Insecta: Diptera)". Myia. 12: 455–500.
  3. ↑ Coscarón, Sixto; Coscarón, María Del Carmen; Gil-Azevedo, Leonardo H. (20 February 2013). "On the enigmatic Heterostomus curvipalpis Bigot, 1857, with a description of the pupa (Diptera, Brachycera)". Zootaxa. 3616 (3): 268–276. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3616.3.4. hdl: 11336/22265 . Retrieved 14 December 2022.
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