| Celyphus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Subsection: | Acalyptratae |
| Superfamily: | Lauxanioidea |
| Family: | Celyphidae |
| Genus: | Celyphus Dalman, 1818 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Celyphus obtectus | |
| Subgenera | |
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Celyphus is a genus of beetle flies. It is known from the Oriental and Afrotropical realms. Up to 1859, all species of beetle flies were placed in this genus. [2]
Celyphus may be distinguished by the discal and second basal cell of the wing being distinct. [2]
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