Asuragina

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Asuragina
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Athericidae
Subfamily: Athericinae
Genus: Asuragina
Yang, 1992 [1]

Asuragina is a genus of flies in the family Athericidae. [1]

Species

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Nagatomi, A.; Yang, D. (1991). "Asuragina, a new genus of Athericidae (Insecta: Diptera)". Proceedings of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology. 48: 54–62. Retrieved 4 December 2022.