Paractora | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Superfamily: | Sciomyzoidea |
Family: | Helcomyzidae |
Genus: | Paractora Bigot, 1888 |
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