Eusiphona | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Milichiidae |
Subfamily: | Milichiinae |
Genus: | Eusiphona Coquillett, 1897 |
Eusiphona is a genus of freeloader flies in the family Milichiidae. There are at least four described species in Eusiphona. [1] [2] [3]
These four species belong to the genus Eusiphona:
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