Opaluma Explained

Opaluma is a genus of Australian soldier flies in the subfamily Antissinae.

Species

Opaluma has seven species, all described by Bryan Lessard and Norman Woodley:^[1]

• O. ednae (Lessard & Woodley, 2020)
• O. fabulosa (Lessard & Woodley, 2020)
• O. iridescens (Lessard & Woodley, 2020)
• O. opulens (Lessard & Woodley, 2020)
• O. rupaul (Lessard & Woodley, 2020)
• O. sapphira (Lessard & Woodley, 2020)
• O. unicornis (Lessard & Woodley, 2020)

Notes and References

1. Bryan D. Lessard . David K. Yeates . Norman E. Woodley . Opaluma Lessard & Woodley, gen. nov: a new genus of iridescent soldier flies (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) from Australia, including seven new species . . August 2020 . 59 . 3 . 467–486 . 10.1111/aen.12485 . 221463567 . 16 September 2021 . 16 September 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210916081534/https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/aen.12485 . live .