Macrostomus distinctipennis

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Macrostomus distinctipennis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Superfamily: Empidoidea
Family: Empididae
Subfamily: Empidinae
Genus: Macrostomus
Species:
M. distinctipennis
Binomial name
Macrostomus distinctipennis
Smith, 1962 [1]

Macrostomus distinctipennis is a species of dance flies, in the fly family Empididae.

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References

  1. Smith, Kenneth G. V. . (1962). "Studies on the Brazilian Empididae (Diptera)". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 114 (7): 195–266. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1962.tb01079.x.