Inopus Explained

Inopus is a genus of soldier flies in the family Stratiomyidae.^[1]

Species

• Inopus brevicornis Nagatomi & Yukawa, 1968^[2]
• Inopus flavus (James, 1968)^[3]
• Inopus geminus (Hardy, 1920)^[4]
• Inopus grossus Nagatomi & Yukawa, 1968^[2]
• Inopus hitchcocki (James, 1961)^[5]
• Inopus rubriceps (Macquart, 1847)^[6] (sugarcane soldier fly)

Notes and References

1. Woodley . N.E. . A World Catalog of the Stratiomyidae (Diptera) . Myia . 2001 . 11 . 1–462. 7 December 2022.
2. Nagatomi . A. . Yukawa . J. . The genus Inopus (=Metoponia,Altermetoponia) (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) . Pacific Insects . 1968 . 10 . 3–4 . 521–528 . 19 December 2022.
3. James . M. T. . A new stratiomyid pest of sugar cane in Australia (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) . Journal of the Australian Entomological Society . 1968 . 7 . 2 . 155–157. 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1968.tb00723.x . 84897668 .
4. Hardy . G.H. . Australian Stratiomyiidae . Pap. Proc. R. Soc. Tasm. . 1920 . 1920 . 33–64.
5. James . M. T. . A new Chiromyza from Australia (Diptera, Stratiomyidae) . Annals and Magazine of Natural History . Series 13 . 1961 . 4 . 42 . 365–368. 10.1080/00222936108651119 .
6. Book: Macquart . P.J.M. . Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. 2.e supplement . 1847 . Roret . Paris . 104 pp, 6 pls.