Gigantosciapus

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Gigantosciapus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Sciapodinae
Tribe: Chrysosomatini
Genus: Gigantosciapus
Grichanov, 1997 [1]
Type species
Gigantosciapus oldroydi
Grichanov, 1997

Gigantosciapus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.

Species

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References

  1. Grichanov, I. Y. (1997). "Giganosciapus (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), a new genus from tropical Africa". Dipterological Research. 8 (1): 79–83. ISSN   1021-1020.
  2. 1 2 Grichanov, I. Ya. (1998). "New data on Sciapodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) with a revised catalogue and keys to Afrotropical species of the subfamily" (PDF). Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique. Entomologie. 68: 79–130.