Margo

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Brachycera
Infraordo: Muscomorpha
Sectio: Schizophora
Subsectio: Acalyptrata
Superfamilia: Opomyzoidea

Familia: Marginidae
Genus: Margo
Species: M. aperta – M. clausa
Name

Margo McAlpine, 1991 [source: McAlpine (1991: 168)]
Original status: genus [source: McAlpine (1991: 168)]
Gender: feminine [source: McAlpine (1991: 169)]
Type species: Margo aperta McAlpine, 1991, by original designation [source: McAlpine (1991: 168)]

References
cited sources

McAlpine, D.K. 1991: Marginidae, a new Afrotropical family of Diptera (Schizophora: ?Opomyzoidea). Annals of the Natal Museum, 32: 167–177.

Additional references

Kirk-Spriggs, A.H.; Stuckenberg, B.R. 2009: Afrotropical Diptera - rich savannas, poor rainforests. Pp. 155-196 in Pape, T.; Bickel, D.; Meier, R. (eds.) Diptera diversity: status, challenges and tools. Koninklijke Brill NV. ISBN 90 04 14897 3

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Nomenclator Zoologicus

Margo is the sole genus of flies placed in the family Marginidae and referred to as margin flies. The genus comprises two species, both from Africa: Margo aperta from Zimbabwe and Margo clausa from Madagascar. They are restricted to dense moist forests and are thought to be endangered by habitat destruction. Very little is known of their distribution or biology. The family Marginidae is provisionally placed, on the basis of morphological characters, in the superfamily Opomyzoidea.[1]

References

McAlpine, D. K. (1991). "Marginidae, a new Afrotropical family of Diptera (Schizophora: ?Opomyzoidea)". Ann. Natal Mus. 32: 167–177. hdl:10520/AJA03040798_319.