| Acrometopia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Chamaemyiidae |
| Subfamily: | Chamaemyiinae |
| Tribe: | Chamaemyiini |
| Genus: | Acrometopia Schiner, 1862 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Oxyrhina wahlbergi Zetterstedt, 1846 | |
| Synonyms | |
Acrometopia is a genus of flies in the family Chamaemyiidae.
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