Neophilopota
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.
| Neophilopota | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| 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 | |
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
- 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. doi:10.3897/zookeys.270.4476. PMC 3668421. PMID 23730188.
- Lewis, C.T. & Short, C. (1879). A Latin dictionary founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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