Amazonian-fauna
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Taeniaptera
Taeniaptera is a genus of stilt-legged flies in the family Micropezidae, established by Macquart in 1835. The genus contains at least four described species, including T. feei, T. lasciva, T. trivittata, and the more recently described T. teresacristinae. Species in this genus are distributed across the American tropical zone and have been documented in various Amazonian habitats as well as farmland environments. Taxonomic revisions have relied heavily on external morphology and genital anatomy of both sexes.