Abocciputa

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Abocciputa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Hybotidae
Subfamily: Ocydromiinae
Tribe: Ocydromiini
Genus: Abocciputa
Plant, 1989 [1]
Type species
Abocciputa pilosa
Plant, 1989 [1]

Abocciputa is a genus of flies in the family Hybotidae. [2]

Species

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References

  1. 1 2 Plant, A.R. (1989). "A revision of the Ocydromiinae (Diptera: Empidiodea: Hybotidae) of New Zealand with descriptions of new genera and species". N. Z. J. Zool. 16: 231–241.
  2. Sinclair, Bradley J.; Cumming, Jeffrey M. (2006). "Morphology, higher-level phylogeny and classification of the Empidoidea" (PDF). Zootaxa. Auckland, New Zealand: Magnolia Press. 1180: 1–172. Retrieved 24 April 2023.