Dicranoclista | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Bombyliidae |
Tribe: | Anthracini |
Genus: | Dicranoclista Bezzi, 1924 |
Type species | |
Dicranoclista simpsoni Bezzi, 1924 | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Dicranoclista is a genus of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae, found in North America and Africa. There are four described species in Dicranoclista. [2] [3] [4]
As of 2015 [update] , four species are recognized: [1]
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