Amphicnephes | |
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Amphicnephes stellatus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Platystomatidae |
Subfamily: | Platystomatinae |
Genus: | Amphicnephes Loew, 1873 [1] |
Type species | |
Amphicnephes pertusus |
Amphicnephes is a genus of signal flies in the family Platystomatidae. There are at least three described species in Amphicnephes. [2] [3]
These three species belong to the genus Amphicnephes:
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