''Beaopterus'' is a genus of
kelp fly
Kelp fly is one common name of species of flies in a number of Taxonomic rank#Ranks in zoology, families of "true Fly, flies" or Fly, Diptera. They generally feed on stranded and rotting seaweed, particularly kelp in the wrack zone. When condition ...
in the family
Coelopidae
The Coelopidae or kelp flies are a family of Acalyptratae flies (order Diptera), they are sometimes also called seaweed flies, though both terms are used for a number of seashore Diptera. Fewer than 40 species occur worldwide. The family is fou ...
.
Species
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Beaopterus philpotti''
( Malloch, 1933)
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Beaopterus robustus''
Lamb, 1909
References
Coelopidae
Sciomyzoidea genera
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