Rhopalia

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Brachycera
Infraordo: Asilomorpha
Superfamilia: Asiloidea

Familia: Mydidae
Subfamilia: Rhopaliinae
Genus: Rhopalia
Species: R. annulata – R. bequaerti – R. berlandi – R. cincta – R. efflatouni – R. gyps – R. iranensis – R. mirandai – R. oldroydi – R. olivieri – R. perarmata – R. rufithorax – R. spinolae – R. tristis
Name

Rhopalia Macquart, 1838: 12

Type species: Rhopalia olivieri Macquart, 1838 (original designation)
References

Macquart, P.J.M. 1838: Dipteres exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. Tome premier. 2e partie. Roret, Paris. 207 pp., 14 pls.
Papavero, N. & Wilcox, J. 1974: Studies of Mydidae (Diptera) systematics and evolution. I. A preliminary classification in subfamilies with the description of two new genera from the Oriental and Australian regions. Arquivos de Zoologia, São Paulo, 25:1–60.
Bequaert, M. 1961a: Contribution a la connaissance morphologique et a la classification des Mydaidae (Diptera). Bulletin Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, 37: 1–18.

Rhopalia is a genus of mydas flies in the family Mydidae. There are about 13 described species in Rhopalia.[1][2]

Species

These 13 species belong to the genus Rhopalia:

Rhopalia annulata Sack, 1934 c g
Rhopalia bequaerti Lyneborg, 1970 c g
Rhopalia berlandi Seguy, 1949 c g
Rhopalia cincta Sack, 1934 c g
Rhopalia efflatouni Bequaert, 1961 c g
Rhopalia gyps Bowden, 1987 c g
Rhopalia iranensis Bequaert, 1961 c g
Rhopalia mirandai Andretta & Carrera, 1951 c g
Rhopalia oldroydi Lyneborg, 1970 c g
Rhopalia olivieri Macquart, 1838 c g
Rhopalia perarmata Seguy, 1941 c g
Rhopalia spinolae Macquart, 1838 c g
Rhopalia tristis Seguy, 1928 c g

Data sources: i = ITIS,[3] c = Catalogue of Life,[1] g = GBIF,[2] b = Bugguide.net
References

"Browse Rhopalia". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
"Rhopalia". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-12.

"ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2018-04-12.

Further reading

Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
Charles, H. Curran (1934). "The families and genera of North American Diptera". doi:10.5962/bhl.title.6825.
McAlpine, J.F.; Petersen, B.V.; Shewell, G.E.; Teskey, H.J.; et al. (1987). Manual of Nearctic Diptera. Research Branch Agriculture Canada. ISBN 978-0660121253.