Pantophthalmus

Pantophthalmus
Pantophthalmus frauenfeldi
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Pantophthalmidae
Genus: Pantophthalmus
Thunberg, 1819
Type species
Pantophthalmus tabaninus
Thunberg, 1819
Synonyms

Pantophthalmus is a genus of large, robust flies whose larvae feed on living and dead trees, and contains all but one of the species in the family Pantophthalmidae.