Melanochthiphila

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Melanochthiphila
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Chamaemyiidae
Subfamily: Chamaemyiinae
Tribe: Chamaemyiini
Genus: Melanochthiphila
Frey, 1958 [1]
Type species
Parochthiphila nigroaenea
Frey, 1958 [1]

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Species

The following two species are recognised in the genus Melanochthiphila: [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Frey, R. (1958). "Zur Kenntnis der Diptera brachycera p.p. der Kapverdischen Inseln. No. 20, Ergebnisse der zoologischen Forschungsreise von Prof. Dr. Haken Lindberg nach den Kapverdischen Inseln im Winter 1953-54". Commentat. Biol. 18 (4): 61.
  2. "Melanochthiphila Frey, 1958". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-10-25.