Clephydroneura

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Clephydroneura
Diptera Asilidae genus Clephydroneura Becker - Champasak Province, Laos - June 2011.jpg
Clephydroneura sp. from Laos
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Asilidae
Genus: Clephydroneura
Becker, 1925

Clephydroneura is a genus of robberfly found mainly in tropical Asia. There are numerous species which can only be identified to species by dissection of the genitalia of males. [1]

An incomplete list of species that have been described in this genus includes:


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References

  1. ↑ Tomasovic, Guy; Bartolozzi, Luca (2018). "Contribution to the Knowledge of the Robber Flies from Vietnam, with Description of Nine New Species (Diptera: Asilidae)". Onychium. 14: 173–202. doi:10.5281/zenodo.1219135.
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