Neorhynchocephalus

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Neorhynchocephalus
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Neorhynchocephalus sackenii
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Nemestrinidae
Genus: Neorhynchocephalus
Lichtwardt, 1909

Neorhynchocephalus is a genus of tangle-veined flies in the family Nemestrinidae. [1] [2] [3]

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Extant species

Fossil species

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References

  1. "Neorhynchocephalus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
  2. "Neorhynchocephalus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-22.

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