Diploosmeteriosepsis

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Diploosmeteriosepsis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Sepsidae
Subfamily: Sepsinae
Genus: Diploosmeteriosepsis
Ozerov, 1996 [1]
Type species
Dicranosepsis pilifemur
Munari, 1994 [2]

Diploosmeteriosepsis is a genus of flies in the family Sepsidae.

Species

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References

  1. Ozerov, A.L. (1996). "To the fauna and taxonomy of African Sepsidae (Diptera)". Russian Entomological Journal. 4[1995]: 127–144.
  2. 1 2 Munari, L. (1994). "Sepsidae from Sierra Leone: new records and descriptions of two new species (Diptera: Sepsidae)". Problemi Attuali di Scienza e di Cultura. 267: 231–242.