Leucophora

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Leucophora
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Anthomyiidae
Subfamily: Anthomyiinae
Tribe: Hydrophoriini
Genus: Leucophora
Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

Leucophora is a genus of root-maggot flies in the family Anthomyiidae. There are at least 60 described species in Leucophora. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Species

These 66 species belong to the genus Leucophora:

Data sources: i = ITIS, [1] c = Catalogue of Life, [2] g = GBIF, [3] b = Bugguide.net [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Leucophora Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  2. 1 2 "Browse Leucophora". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  3. 1 2 "Leucophora". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  4. 1 2 "Leucophora Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-09.

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