Coelopacidia cylindrica
species of insect

Coelopacidia cylindrica is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Coelopacidia of the family Tephritidae.
References
Further reading
ANDREW J. ROSS; DAVID L. HANCOCK; ERICA MCALISTER; JIALE ZHOU (2024). "A fly in the ointment: the re-discovered holotype of 'Trypeta' cylindrica Walker, 1853 belongs to the genus Coelopacidia Enderlein (Diptera: Tephritidae), not Chyliza Fallén (Psilidae)". Zootaxa. 5529 (3): 593–600. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5529.3.10. Wikidata Q136925158.
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