Bibiodes | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Bibionidae |
Genus: | Bibiodes Coquillett, 1904 [1] |
Type species | |
Bibiodes halteralis Coquillett, 1904 [1] |
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