Brachydeutera argentata

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Brachydeutera argentata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Ephydridae
Subfamily: Ephydrinae
Tribe: Scatellini
Genus: Brachydeutera
Species:
B. argentata
Binomial name
Brachydeutera argentata
(Walker, 1852) [1]
Synonyms

Brachydeutera argentata is a species of shore flies in the family Ephydridae found in the United States. [3]


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References

  1. 1 2 Walker, Frances (1853). Diptera. Part IV, pp. 253-474, pls. 7-8. In [Saunders, W. W. (ed.)], Insecta Saundersiana: or characters of undescribed insects in the collection of William Wilson Sauders, Esq., F.R.S., F.L.S., &c. Vol. 1. London: Van Voorst. pp. 1–474.
  2. ↑ Loew, H. (1862). "Monographs of the Diptera of North America. Part I.". Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 6 (1 [= No. 141]): xxiv + 221.
  3. ↑ Mathis, W.N.; Zatwarnicki, T. (1995). "World catalog of shore flies (Diptera: Ephydridae)". Memoirs of Entomology, International. 4: 1–423.


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