Mesophysa

Mesophysa is a genus of small-headed flies endemic to eastern Australia. It has been treated as a synonym of Panops by some authors, and a separate genus by others. Males and females measure 8–10 mm and 9–11 mm, respectively.[1]

Mesophysa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Acroceridae
Subfamily: Panopinae
Genus: Mesophysa
Macquart, 1838
Type species
Mesophysa scapularis
(= Panops flavipes Latreille, 1811)
Macquart, 1838

Species
  • Mesophysa flavipes (Latreille, 1811)
  • Mesophysa ilzei Neboiss, 1971[2]
  • Mesophysa tenaria Neboiss, 1971[2]
  • Mesophysa ultima Neboiss, 1971[2]

References
  1. Winterton, S. L. (2012). "Review of Australasian spider flies (Diptera, Acroceridae) with a revision of Panops Lamarck". ZooKeys. 172: 7–75. doi:10.3897/zookeys.172.1889. PMC 3307363. PMID 22448114.
  2. Neboiss, A. (1971). "Australian Panopinae (Diptera: Acroceridae)". Australian Journal of Entomology. 10 (3): 205–222. doi:10.1111/j.1440-6055.1971.tb00031.x.
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