Cnephia

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Cnephia
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Cnephia

Enderlein, 1921
Type species
C. pecuarum
Riley, 1887
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Cnephia is a genus of 9 species of black flies. They are distributed in scattered locations across the Northern Hemisphere, from Ukraine to Eastern Siberia, and some parts of North America. [1]

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Literature cited

  1. Peter H. Adler & Roger W. Crosskey (2009). "World Blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae): A Comprehensive Revision of the Taxonomic and Geographical Inventory": 109.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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