Niphogenia

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Niphogenia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Empididae
Subfamily: Brachystomatinae
Genus: Niphogenia
Melander, 1928 [1]
Type species
Niphogenia eucera
Melander, 1928 [1]

Niphogenia is a genus of flies in the family Empididae.

Species

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Melander, A. L. Diptera. Fam. Empididae. In Wytsman, P., ed.,. Bruxelles: Genera insectorum.185. pp. 1–434.
  2. Wilder, D. D. (1981). "A revision of the genus Niphogenia Melander (Diptera: Empididae)". The Pan-Pacific entomologist. 57: 422–428.