Mesaptilotus
{{short description|Genus of flies}}
{{Taxobox
| image =
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| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Arthropoda
| classis = Insecta
| ordo = Diptera
| familia = Sphaeroceridae
| subfamilia = Limosininae
| genus = Mesaptilotus
| genus_authority = Richards, 1951{{cite journal|last1=Richards|first1=O. W.|title=Brachypterous Sphaeroceridae|journal=British Museum (Natural History) Ruwenzori Expedition, 1934-1935|date=1951|volume=2|issue=8|pages=829–851}}
| synonyms =
| type_species = Mesaptilotus pollinosus
| type_species_authority = Richards, 1951
}}
Mesaptilotus is a genus of flies belonging to the family Lesser Dung flies.{{cite book|last1=Rohček|first1=Jindřich|last2=Marshall|first2=Stephen A.|last3=Norrbom|first3=Allen L.|last4=Buck|first4=Matthias|last5=Quiros|first5=Dora Isabel|last6=Smith|first6=Ian|editor1-last=Rohček|editor1-first=Jindřich|title=World Catalog of Sphaeroceridae (Diptera)|date=2001|publisher=Slezské Zemské Muzeum|location=Opava|isbn=978-8086224213|pages=1–414|url=http://www.uoguelph.ca/debu/catalog.htm|accessdate=3 September 2017}}
Species
- M. ancoralis Richards, 1963{{cite journal|last1=Richards|first1=O. W.|title=The genus Mesaptilotus Richards (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae), with descriptions of new species|journal=Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London|date=1963|volume=115|issue=5|pages=165–179|doi=10.1111/j.1365-2311.1963.tb00817.x}}
- M. belemnus Richards, 1963
- M. bihamatus Richards, 1963
- M. disjunctus Richards, 1965{{cite journal|last1=Richards|first1=O. W.|title=Diptera, Flightless Sphaeroceridae and Chloropidae. Mission zoologique de l'I.R.S.A.C. en Afrique orientale. (P. Basilewsky et N. Leleup, 1957)|journal=Annales du Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Série in 8 o, Sciences Zoologiques|date=1965|volume=138|pages=415–464}}
- M. flavitarsis Richards, 1963
- M. hamatus Richards, 1963
- M. laminatus Richards, 1963
- M. minimus Richards, 1963
- M. ochritarsis Richards, 1963
- M. pollinosus Richards, 1951
- M. setitibia Richards, 1963
- M. tibiellus Richards, 1963
- M. tumidus Richards, 1963
- M. vittifrons Richards, 1955{{cite journal|last1=Richards|first1=O. W.|title=Contribution à l'étude de la faune entomologique du Ruanda-Urundi (Mission P. Basilewsky 1953) XXXI. Diptera Sphaeroceridae|journal=Annales du Musée Royal du Congo Belge, Tervuren Série in 8 o (Sciences Zoologiques)|date=1955|volume=36|pages=296–301}}
References
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