Hypenella

Hypenella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Infraorder:	Asilomorpha
Superfamily:	Empidoidea
Family:	Empididae
Subfamily:	Clinocerinae
Genus:	Hypenella ; Collin, 1941
Type species
	Hypenella empodiata ; Collin, 1941

Last updated January 14, 2021

Hypenella is a genus of flies in the family Empididae.

Species

H. bhura Smith, 1965^[2]
H. empodiata Collin, 1941^[1]
H. spumarius Smith, 1965^[2]

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References

1 2 3 Collin, James Edward (1941). "Some Pipunculidae and Empididae from the Ussuri region on the far eastern border of the U.S.S.R. (Diptera)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London (B). 10: 218–248.
1 2 Smith, K. G. V. (1965). "Diptera from Nepal. Empididae". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology. 17: 63–112.

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[Collin1941-1] 1 2 3 Collin, James Edward (1941). "Some Pipunculidae and Empididae from the Ussuri region on the far eastern border of the U.S.S.R. (Diptera)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London (B). 10: 218–248.

[Smith1965-2] 1 2 Smith, K. G. V. (1965). "Diptera from Nepal. Empididae". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology. 17: 63–112.

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