| Afronemopoda | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Sepsidae |
| Subfamily: | Sepsinae |
| Genus: | Afronemopoda Ozerov, 2004 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Nemopoda semlikiensis Vanschuytbroeck, 1962 [2] | |
| Afronemopoda | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Sepsidae |
| Subfamily: | Sepsinae |
| Genus: | Afronemopoda Ozerov, 2004 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Nemopoda semlikiensis Vanschuytbroeck, 1962 [2] | |
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