Lepidanthrax arnaudi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Bombyliidae |
Tribe: | Villini |
Genus: | Lepidanthrax |
Species: | L. arnaudi |
Binomial name | |
Lepidanthrax arnaudi Hall, 1976 [1] | |
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