Parectinocera | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Sciomyzidae |
Subfamily: | Sciomyzinae |
Tribe: | Sciomyzini |
Genus: | Parectinocera Becker, 1919 [1] |
Type species | |
Parectinocera neotropica |
Parectinocera is a genus of flies in the family Sciomyzidae, the marsh flies or snail-killing flies. [2] The genus was first described by Theodor Becker in 1919. [1]
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