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Calycopteryx is a genus of stilt-legged fly with only a single recognized species, the Calycopteryx mosleyi native to the south Indian Ocean,[1] first described by Alfred Edwin Eaton in 1875.[2] It is characterized by its tiny size and flightlessness.[3]
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Calycopteryx mosleyi Eaton, 1875
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