# Metabasis

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{{short description|Genus of flies}}
{{about|a fly genus|the Aristotelian paradox|metabasis paradox}}
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| taxon = Metabasis
| authority = [Walker](/source/Francis_Walker_(entomologist)), 1851<ref name="Walker1851">{{cite book |last1=Walker |first1=F. |title=Diptera. Part II, pp. 77-156, pls. 3-4. In [Saunders, W. W. (ed.)], Insecta Saundersiana: or characters of undescribed insects in the collection of William Wilson Saunders, Esq., F.R.S., F.L.S., &c. Vol. 1.|date=1851 |publisher=Van Voorst |location=London |pages=1–474}}</ref>
| type_species = ''[Metabasis rostratus](/source/Metabasis_rostratus)''
| type_species_authority =Walker, 1851<ref name="Walker1851"/>
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'''''Metabasis''''' is a genus of [flies](/source/Fly) in the family [Stratiomyidae](/source/Stratiomyidae).<ref name="Woodley2001">{{cite journal |last1=Woodley |first1=N.E. |title=A World Catalog of the Stratiomyidae (Diptera) |journal=Myia |date=2001 |volume=11 |pages=1–462| url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/303225468| access-date=7 December 2022}}</ref>

==Species==
*''[Metabasis rostratus](/source/Metabasis_rostratus)'' <small>[Walker](/source/Francis_Walker_(entomologist)), 1851</small><ref name="Walker1851"/>

==References==
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Category:Stratiomyidae
Category:Brachycera genera
Category:Monotypic Brachycera genera
Category:Taxa named by Francis Walker (entomologist)
Category:Flies of South America

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