Oedoparena Explained

Oedoparena is a small genus of flies from the family Dryomyzidae. They are the only known dipterous predator of marine barnacles. There are only three known species.

Species

• Oedoparena glauca (Coquillett, 1900)
• Oedoparena minor Suwa, 1981^[1]
• Oedoparena nigrifrons Mathis and Steyskal, 1980^[2]

Notes and References

1. Suwa. Masaaki . 1981 . Description of a new Japanese species of Oedoparena, an Asio-American dipterous genus (Dryomyzidae) . Insecta Matsumurana . 20. New Series . 29–35 . Hokkaido University . Hokkaido, Japan . pdf .
2. Mathis. W.N. . Steyskal . G.C. . 1980 . A revision of the genus Oedoparena Curran (Diptera: Dryomyzidae; Dryomyzinae). . Proe. entomol. Soc. Wash.. 82 . 349–359. . Washington, U.S. . Print .