Nemopalpus
Genus of flies
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Nemopalpus is a genus of moth fly in the family Psychodidae, in the subfamily Bruchomyiinae.[2][3][4] Recently (2018) a number of similar species have been transferred to the genera: Alexanderia, Boreofairchildia, Laurenceomyia and Notofairchildia.[5] In Macquart's original publication, the genus name was spelled both as Nemopalpus and Nemapalpus, but Macquart corrected the error in 1839.[6]
| Nemopalpus | |
|---|---|
| Nemopalpus wing veins | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Psychodidae |
| Subfamily: | Bruchomyiinae |
| Genus: | Nemopalpus Macquart, 1838[1] |
| Type species | |
| Nemopalpus flavus | |
| Synonyms | |
Species
- Nemopalpus capensis (Edwards, 1929)
- Nemopalpus concolor Stuckenberg, 1962
- Nemopalpus davidsoni Stuckenberg, 1978
- Nemopalpus flavus Macquart, 1838
- Nemopalpus hennigianus Schlüter, 1978
- Nemopalpus inexpectatus Wagner, 2012
- Nemopalpus ledgeri (Stuckenberg, 1978)
- Nemopalpus molophilinus (Edwards, 1921)
- Nemopalpus tertiariae (Meunier, 1905)
- Nemopalpus transvaalensis Stuckenberg, 1962