Lixophaga townsendi

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Lixophaga townsendi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tachinidae
Genus: Lixophaga
Species:
L. townsendi
Binomial name
Lixophaga townsendi
(Guimarães, 1971)
Synonyms
  • Actinophryno angusta Townsend, 1928
  • Actinotachina townsendiGuimarães, 1971

Lixophaga townsendi is a species of tachinid flies in the genus Lixophaga of the family Tachinidae. [1] [2]

  1. "ITIS - Report: Tachinidae".
  2. "Actinotachina - Nomen.at - animals and plants".


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Eryciini Tribe of flies

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