| Allominettia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Lauxaniidae |
| Subfamily: | Lauxaniinae |
| Genus: | Allominettia Hendel, 1926 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Allominettia maculatifrons Hendel, 1925 | |
Allominettia is a genus of small flies of the family Lauxaniidae. [1]
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