Calycopteryx | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Micropezidae |
Genus: | Calycopteryx Eaton, 1875 |
Species: | C. mosleyi
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Binomial name | |
Calycopteryx mosleyi Eaton, 1875
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Calycopteryx is a genus of stilt-legged fly with only a single recognized species, the Calycopteryx mosleyi (sometimes misspelled moseleyi) native to the Kerguelen Islands and Heard Island of the south Indian Ocean,[1][2] first described by Alfred Edwin Eaton in 1875.[3] It is characterized by its tiny size and flightlessness.[4]
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