Parochthiphila argentiseta

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Parochthiphila argentiseta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Chamaemyiidae
Genus: Parochthiphila
Species:
P. argentiseta
Binomial name
Parochthiphila argentiseta
Ebejer & Raspi, 2008 [1]

Parochthiphila argentiseta is a species of fly in the family Chamaemyiidae. It is present in Turkey. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Raspi, Alfio; Ebejer, Martin J. (2008). "New records of Diptera Chamaemyiidae from the Mediterranean and Oman with a description of a new species: Parochthiphila (Euestelia) argentiseta from Turkey and a redescription of Parochthiphila (Parochthiphila) inconstans (Becker)" (PDF). Entomologica Fennica. 19: 55–64. doi:10.33338/ef.84414 . Retrieved 8 September 2018.