| Macrostomus palliatus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Superfamily: | Empidoidea |
| Family: | Empididae |
| Subfamily: | Empidinae |
| Genus: | Macrostomus |
| Species: | M. palliatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Macrostomus palliatus (Coquillett, 1902) [1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Macrostomus palliatus is a species of dance flies, in the fly family Empididae.
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