| Asemosyrphus polygrammus | |
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| Asemosyrphus polygrammus, common sickleleg, California | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Genus: | Asemosyrphus |
| Species: | A. polygrammus |
| Binomial name | |
| Asemosyrphus polygrammus (Loew, 1872) | |
| Synonyms | |
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This species was formerly a member of the genus Lejops . [2]
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