title: Palloptera
text: # Palloptera
  
  Palloptera is a genus of flutter flies in the family Pallopteridae. There are at least 30 described species in Palloptera.
  
  ## Species
  
  Approximately 33 species belong to the genus Palloptera:
  
  * P. albertensis Johnson, 1921
  * P. ambusta (Meigen, 1826)
  * P. anderssoni Rotheray & MacGowan, 1999
  * P. basimaculata Czerny, 1934
  * P. bimaculata Strobl, 1910
  * P. claripennis Malloch, 1924
  * P. elegans Merz & Chen, 2005
  * P. ephippium Zetterstedt, 1860
  * P. flava Oldenberg, 1910
  * P. formosa Frey, 1930
  * †P. hypolithica Zhang. 1989 (Burdigalian, China)
  * P. kloiberi Morge, 1967
  * P. kukumorensis Czerny, 1934
  * P. laetabilis Loew, 1873
  * P. longipennis Czerny, 1934
  * P. maculifemur Czerny, 1934
  * P. marginata (Meigen, 1826)
  * P. modesta (Meigen, 1830)
  * †P. morticina Scudder, 1877 (Eocene, British Columbia)
  * P. orientata Kovalev, 1972
  * P. pallens Loew, 1873
  * P. quinquemaculata (Macquart, 1835)
  * P. saltuum (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * P. scutellata (Macquart, 1835)
  * P. septentrionalis Czerny, 1934
  * P. setosa Melander, 1913
  * P. subusta Malloch, 1924
  * P. terminalis Loew, 1863
  * P. trimacula (Meigen, 1826)
  * P. umbellatarum (Fabricius, 1775)
  * P. usta (Meigen, 1826)
  * P. ustulata Fallén, 1820
  * P. venusta Loew, 1858
  