Chorisops | |
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Chorisops nagatomii | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Stratiomyidae |
Subfamily: | Beridinae |
Genus: | Chorisops Rondani, 1856 [1] |
Type species | |
Beris tibialis | |
Synonyms | |
Chorisops is a genus of flies in the family Stratiomyidae. [6] [7] [8]
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