Amphicnephes

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Amphicnephes
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Amphicnephes stellatus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Platystomatidae
Subfamily: Platystomatinae
Genus: Amphicnephes
Loew, 1873 [1]
Type species
Amphicnephes pertusus
Loew, 1873 [1]

Amphicnephes is a genus of signal flies in the family Platystomatidae. There are at least three described species in Amphicnephes. [2] [3]

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Species

These three species belong to the genus Amphicnephes:

Data sources: c = Catalogue of Life, [2] g = GBIF, [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Loew, Hermann (1873). "Monographs of the Diptera of North America. Part III". Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 11: vii + 351 +XIII pp., 4 pls. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Browse Amphicnephes". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  3. 1 2 "Amphicnephes". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  4. Coquillett, Daniel William (1900). "Notes and descriptions of Ortalidae". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 8: 21–25. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  5. Wiedemann, Christian Rudolph Wilhelm (1830). Aussereuropäische Zweiflügelige Insekten. Vol. 2. Retrieved 21 April 2020.

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