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''Ceratopos'' is a genus of
flies Flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwings having evolved into advanced ...
in the family
Dolichopodidae Dolichopodidae, the long-legged flies, are a large, cosmopolitan family of true flies with more than 7,000 described species in about 230 genera. The genus ''Dolichopus'' is the most speciose, with some 600 species. Dolichopodidae generally are ...
, known from
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and
Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...
. It contains only one species, ''Ceratopos seguyi''. It is closely related to '' Syntormon'', and is considered a junior synonym of it according to Evenhuis & Bickel (2022).


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Dolichopodidae genera Sympycninae Diptera of Europe Diptera of Africa Insects of North Africa Monotypic Brachycera genera {{Dolichopodidae-stub