''Penola'' is a genus of
flies
Flies are insects of the Order (biology), order Diptera, the name being derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwin ...
belonging to the family
lesser dung flies.
They are closely related to the genus ''
Frutillaria'' from mainland South America
Species
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Penola eudyptidis''
(Richards, 1941)Falkland Islands
The Falkland Islands (; ), commonly referred to as The Falklands, is an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf. The principal islands are about east of South America's southern Patagonian coast and from Cape Dub ...
References
Sphaeroceridae
Diptera of South America
Sphaeroceroidea genera
Fauna of the Falkland Islands
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