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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Tribe: | Volucellini |
| Genus: | Ornidia |
| Species: | O. obesa |
| Binomial name | |
| Ornidia obesa | |
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Ornidia obesa is a species of syrphid fly in the family Syrphidae. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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