Metopochetus is a genus of stilt-legged flies. Crus is a subgenus. Species within Metopochetus are:
- Metopochetus aequalis
- Metopochetus aitkeni
- Metopochetus aper
- Metopochetus bickeli
- Metopochetus clarus
- Metopochetus corax
- Metopochetus curvus
- Metopochetus freyi
- Metopochetus impar
- Metopochetus lugens
- Metopochetus micidus
- Metopochetus ralumenis
- Metopochetus regius
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| Stilt Fly, a species of Metopochetus, family Micropezidae. ANSTO Buffer Zone Track, Lucas Heights, NSW Australia, April 2012. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Micropezidae |
| Subfamily: | Eurybatinae |
| Genus: | Metopochetus Enderlein, 1922 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Metopochetus ralumensis Enderlein, 1922
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References
edit- ^ Neal L. Evenhuis (August 28, 2009). "Family Micropezidae" (PDF). Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions. pp. 464–467.
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