Ethiolimnia

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Ethiolimnia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Sciomyzidae
Tribe: Tetanocerini
Genus: Ethiolimnia
Verbeke, 1950 [1]
Type species
Ethiolimnia platalea
Verbeke, 1950 [1]

Ethiolimnia is a genus of flies in the family Sciomyzidae, the marsh flies or snail-killing flies.

Species

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Verbeke, J. (1950). "Sciomyzidae (Diptera Cyclorrhapha)" (PDF). Exploration du Parc National Albert (Mission G. F. DE WITTE, 1933-1935). 63: 1–97. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  2. Verbeke, J. (1961). "1961 Fascicule 61: Sciomyzidae (Diptera Brachyera Malacophaga)". Mission by G. F. De Witte (1946-1949). 61: 1–37.