Pelecorhynchus elegans

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Pelecorhynchus elegans
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Pelecorhynchidae
Genus: Pelecorhynchus
Species:
P. elegans
Binomial name
Pelecorhynchus elegans
(Philippi, 1865) [1]
Synonyms
  • Caenura elegans Philippi, 1865 [1]
  • Pelecorhynchus darwiniRicardo, 1900 [2]

Pelecorhynchus elegans is a species of snipe flies, insects in the family Pelecorhynchidae. It is found in Chile. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Philippi, Rodolfo Amando (1865). "Aufzahlung der chilenischen Dipteren". Abhandlungen der Zool.-Botan. Gesellschaft in Wien. 15: 595–782. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  2. Ricardo, G. (1900). "Notes on the Pangoniinae of the family Tabanidae in the British Museum collection". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 5 (7): 97–121–167–182. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  3. Llanos, L.; González, C.R.; Saldarriaga-Córdoba, M. (2015). "Revision of the New World species of the genus Pelecorhynchus Macquart, 1850 (Diptera: Pelecorhynchidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3955 (2): 188–210. Retrieved 4 December 2022.