Pipunculus campestris

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Pipunculus campestris
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Pipunculidae
Subfamily: Pipunculinae
Tribe: Pipunculini
Genus: Pipunculus
Species:
P. campestris
Binomial name
Pipunculus campestris
Latreille, 1805 [1]
Synonyms
  • Musca cephalotesBosc d'Antic, 1792
  • Pipunculus ater Meigen, 1824
  • Pipunculus dentipes Meigen, 1838
  • Pipunculus dispar Zetterstedt, 1838
  • Pipunculus spinipes Meigen, 1830
  • Pipunculus thomsoni Becker, 1897 [2]

Pipunculus campestris is a species of fly in the family Pipunculidae. It is found in the Palearctic. [3] [4] [5] [6]

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Distribution

Europe.

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References

  1. ↑ Latreille, Pierre André (1805). Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des crustacés et des insectes. Vol. 14. Paris: Dufart. pp. 1–432. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  2. ↑ Becker, T. (1897). "Dipterologische Studien. V. Pipunculidae". Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 42 (25–100).
  3. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  4. ↑ Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Parts I, II. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi. ISBN   81-205-0080-6 ISBN   81-205-0081-4
  5. ↑ Kehlmaier, C. (2008) Finnish Pipunculidae (Diptera) Studies Part I: Taxonomic Notes on Cephalops Fallén, 1810, Pipunculus Latreille, 1802 and Tomosvaryella Aczél, 1939.Zootaxa 1672: 1-42; Brisbane.
  6. ↑ Coe, R.L. (1966) Pipunculidae.Handbook for the Identification of British Insects, Vol. X (Part 2c): 1-83; Royal Entomological Society London. pdf
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