Neolestremia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Cecidomyiidae |
Subfamily: | Lestremiinae |
Genus: | Neolestremia Mani, 1934 |
Type species | |
Neolestremia boerhaaviae Mani, 1934 |
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