Hilarempis mediana

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Hilarempis mediana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Superfamily: Empidoidea
Family: Empididae
Subfamily: Empidinae
Genus: Hilarempis
Species:
H. mediana
Binomial name
Hilarempis mediana
Collin, 1933 [1]

Hilarempis mediana is a species of dance flies, in the fly family Empididae.

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References

  1. Collin, James Edward (1933). "Empididae". Diptera of Patagonia and South Chile . 4: viii + 334.