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Psilopa
Psilopa is a genus of flies. The Petroleum fly, the only known insect to develop in naturally occurring crude oil, was once placed in this genus but then transferred elsewhere, as Helaeomyia. , but later as Diasemocera petrolei (Coquillett, 1899).
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Psilopa is a genus of flies. The Petroleum fly, the only known insect to develop in naturally occurring crude oil, was once placed in this genus but then transferred elsewhere, as Helaeomyia. , but later as Diasemocera petrolei (Coquillett, 1899).
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