Callomyia speciosa

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Callomyia speciosa
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Callomyia speciosa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Platypezidae
Genus: Callomyia
Species:
C. speciosa
Binomial name
Callomyia speciosa
Meigen, 1824 [1]
Synonyms
  • Callomyza humeralis Loew, 1869
  • Callomyia lepidaMorge, 1975 [2]

Callomyia speciosa is a species of flat-footed flies in the family Platypezidae.

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References

  1. Meigen, J.W. (1824). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäische n zweiflugeligen Insekten. Hamm: Vierter Theil. Schulz-Wundermann. pp. xii + 428 pp., pls. 33–41.
  2. Morge, G. (1975). "Dipteren-Farbtafeln nach den bisher nicht veroffentlichten Original-Handzeichnungen Meigens: "Johann Wilhelm Meigen: Abbildung der europaeischen zweiflugeligen Insecten nach der Natur". Pars I. Vorwort des Herausgebers - Faksimiles von Original-Legenden und -Index: "Erklaerung der Fig." und "Alphabetisches Verzeichniss der Gattungen und Arten" - Farbtafeln I-LXXX". Beiträge zur Entomologie. 25: 383–500.