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:''The plant genus ''Oedematopus'' is nowadays a synonym of ''
Clusia ''Clusia'' is the type genus of the plant family Clusiaceae. Comprising 300-400 species, it is native to the tropics of the Americas. The genus is named by Carl Linnaeus in honor of the botanist Carolus Clusius. The closest relatives of ''Clus ...
''.'' ''Oedematopus'' 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 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 ...
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Species

*'' Oedematopus crassitibia'' Van Duzee, 1929 *'' Oedematopus moraviensis'' Naglis, 2011 *'' Oedematopus vidua'' (
Becker Becker () is one of the German-language surnames, along with Bäcker and Baecker, that derive from the root, which refers to baking. The surname began as a name for a baker (and thus his family). In northern Germany it can also derive from the ...
, 1922)


References

Hydrophorinae Dolichopodidae genera Diptera of South America {{Dolichopodidae-stub