Oedoparena
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| Oedoparena | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Dryomyzidae |
| Subfamily: | Dryomyzinae |
| Genus: | Oedoparena Curran, 1934[1] |
| Type species | |
| Oedoparea glauca[2] Coquillett, 1900 | |
| Species | |
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Oedoparena is a small genus of flies from the family Dryomyzidae. They are the only known dipterous predator of marine barnacles.[1] There are only three known species.[2]