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Neophilopota

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Neophilopota
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Acroceridae
Subfamily: Philopotinae
Genus: Neophilopota
Schlinger in Schlinger, Gillung & Borkent, 2013
Species:
N. brevirostris
Binomial name
Neophilopota brevirostris
Schlinger in Schlinger, Gillung & Borkent, 2013

Neophilopota is a genus of small-headed flies. It contains only a single species, Neophilopota brevirostris, described by Schlinger in 2013. It is endemic to Mexico.

The generic name is a combination of the Latin prefix neo ("new") and Philopota, the name of a genus that Neophilopota resembles. The specific name is said to be derived from the Latin brevis ("short") and rostris ("beak"), referring to the short length of the proboscis in comparison to species of Philopota.[1] The proper word for "beak" in Latin is however rostrum.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Schlinger, Evert I.; Gillung, Jessica P.; Borkent, Christopher J. (2013). "New spider flies from the Neotropical Region (Diptera, Acroceridae) with a key to New World genera". ZooKeys (270): 59–93. Bibcode:2013ZooK..270...59S. doi:10.3897/zookeys.270.4476. PMC 3668421. PMID 23730188.
  2. ^ Lewis, C.T. & Short, C. (1879). A Latin dictionary founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.