Penola (fly)

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Penola
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Penola

Richards, 1941 [1]
Type species
Penola eudyptidis
Richards, 1941 [1]

Penola is a genus of flies belonging to the family lesser dung flies. [2] they are closely related to the genus Frutillaria from mainland South America [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Richards, O. W. (1941). "Sphaeroceridae (Diptera) collected by the British Graham Land Expedition, 1934-1937". British Graham Land Expedition 1934-37, Scientific Reports. 1 (7): 323–326.
  2. Rohček, Jindřich; Marshall, Stephen A.; Norrbom, Allen L.; Buck, Matthias; Quiros, Dora Isabel; Smith, Ian (2001). Rohček, Jindřich (ed.). World Catalog of Sphaeroceridae (Diptera). Opava: Slezské Zemské Muzeum. pp. 1–414. ISBN   978-8086224213 . Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  3. Kits, Joel H.; Marshall, Stephen A. (2011). "A revision of Frutillaria Richards and Penola Richards (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae: Archiborborinae)". Zootaxa. Auckland, New Zealand: Magnolia Press. 2863: 1–34. ISSN   1175-5334.