| Griphoneura | |
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| Griphoneura ferruginea | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Subsection: | Acalyptratae |
| Superfamily: | Lauxanioidea |
| Family: | Lauxaniidae |
| Genus: | Griphoneura Schiner, 1868 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Lauxania imbuta Wiedemann, 1830 | |
Griphoneura is a genus of flies in the family Lauxaniidae. There are about 8 described species in Griphoneura. [2]
These 8 species belong to the genus Griphoneura:
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