Lamprempis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Empididae |
Subfamily: | Empidinae |
Genus: | Lamprempis Wheeler & Melander, 1901 [1] |
Type species | |
Lamprempis chichimeca |
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