Acontistoptera

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Acontistoptera
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Phoridae
Subfamily: Metopininae
Tribe: Metopinini
Genus: Acontistoptera
Brues, 1902 [1]
Type species
Acontistoptera melanderi
Brues, 1902 [1]

Acontistoptera is a genus of flies in the family Phoridae.

Species

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Brues, C.T. (1902). "New and little known guests of the Texan legionary ants" (PDF). American Naturalist. 36: 365–378. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  2. ↑ Schmitz, H. (1914). "Die myremecophilen Phoriden der Wasmann'schen Sammlung. Mit Beschreibung neuer Gattungen und Arten und einem Verzeichnis aller bis Anfang 1914 bekannten myrmecophilen und termitophilen Phoriden". Zoologische Jahrbücher (Systematik). 37: 509–565. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  3. ↑ Borgmeier, T. (1925). "Novos subsidios para o conhecimento da familia Phoridae". Alternative: Arquivos do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro. 25: 85–281, pls. I-XVII.
  4. ↑ Malloch, J.R. (1912). "The insects of the dipterous family Phoridae in the United States National museum National Museum". Proceedings of the United States. 43[1938]: 411–529.


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