Cephalops perspicuus

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Cephalops perspicuus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Pipunculidae
Subfamily: Pipunculinae
Tribe: Cephalopsini
Genus: Cephalops
Species:
C. perspicuus
Binomial name
Cephalops perspicuus
(Meijere, 1907) [1]
Synonyms

Cephalops perspicuus is a species of fly in the family Pipunculidae. [4] [5]

Distribution

Great Britain, Netherlands.

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References

  1. 1 2 Meijere, J.C.H. de (1907). "Eerste Supplement op de nieuwe Naamlijst van Nederlandsche Diptera". Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 50 (4): 151–224, pl. 4–6. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  2. Strobl, Pater Gabriel (1910). "Die Dipteren von Steiermark. II. Nachtrag". Mitteilungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereines für Steiermark. (1909)46: 45–292. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  3. Becker, Theodor (1921). "Neue Dipteren meiner Sammlung. Pipunculidae". Wiener Entomologische Zeitung. 38: 123–132. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  4. Coe, R.L. (1966). Pipunculidae (PDF). Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Vol. 10. p. 83. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  5. De Meyer, Marc (1996). "World Catalogue of Pipunculidae (Diptera)". Studiedocumenten van het K.B.I.N. 86: 1–127.