Deuterophlebia shasta | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Deuterophlebiidae |
Genus: | Deuterophlebia |
Species: | D. shasta |
Binomial name | |
Deuterophlebia shasta Wirth, 1951 | |
Deuterophlebia shasta is a species of mountain midge in the family Deuterophlebiidae. [1] [2] [3] [4]
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