Brontaea

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Brontaea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Muscidae
Subfamily: Mydaeinae
Genus: Brontaea
Kowarz, 1873

Brontaea is a genus of house flies, insects in the family Muscidae. There are about five described species in Brontaea. [1] [2] [3]

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Species

These five species belong to the genus Brontaea:

Data sources: i = ITIS, [1] c = Catalogue of Life, [4] g = GBIF, [2] b = Bugguide.net [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Brontaea Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
  2. 1 2 "Brontaea". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
  3. 1 2 "Brontaea Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
  4. "Catalogue of Life" . Retrieved 2018-05-01.

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