Idiocelyphus

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Idiocelyphus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Celyphidae
Genus: Idiocelyphus
Malloch, 1929
Type species
Idiocelyphus bakeri
Malloch, 1929

Idiocelyphus is a genus of beetle flies. It is known from the Indomalayan realm with most of the species in the genus from the Philippines. [1]

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Description

Species of the genus Idiocelyphus may be distinguished from the other genera in the family by the presence of numerous bristles on the mesonotum and two pairs of scutellar bristles, the shorter scutellum is not any longer than the thorax. [1]

Species

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Tenorio, JoAnn M. (1969). "A Revision of the Celyphidae (DIPTERA) From the Philippine Islands". Pacific Insects. 11 (3–4). Hawaii Biological Survey: 579–611.