Molophilus

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Molophilus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Limoniidae
Tribe: Eriopterini
Genus: Molophilus
Curtis, 1833
Type species
Molophilus brevipennis
Curtis, 1833 (= ater Meigen, 1804)
Subgenera
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Molophilus is a very large genus of crane flies in the family Limoniidae. It was first described by John Curtis in 1833. [1]

Species

Unplaced

References

  1. Curtis, John (1833). British entomology : being illustrations and descriptions of the genera of insects found in Great Britain and Ireland: containing coloured figures from nature of the most rare and beautiful species, and in many instances of the plants upon which they are found. Vol. 8. Printed for the author. p. 444. doi:10.5962/t.171559. BHL page 8205634