| Physocephala furcillata | |
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| Male with milkweed pollinia on front leg | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Conopidae |
| Genus: | Physocephala |
| Species: | P. furcillata |
| Binomial name | |
| Physocephala furcillata (Williston, 1882) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Physocephala furcillata is a species of thick-headed fly in the family Conopidae. [1] [2] [3]
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