Platypalpus harpiger

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Platypalpus harpiger
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Hybotidae
Subfamily: Tachydromiinae
Tribe: Tachydromiini
Genus: Platypalpus
Species:
P. harpiger
Binomial name
Platypalpus harpiger
Melander, 1924 [1]

Platypalpus harpiger is a species of hybotid dance flies (insects in the family Hybotidae). [2]

Distribution

United States.

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References

  1. ↑ Melander, A.L. (1924). "New species of Platypalpus occurring in New England". Occasional Papers of the Boston Society of Natural History. 5: 83–87. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  2. ↑ Sinclair, Bradley J.; Cumming, Jeffrey M. (2006). "Morphology, higher-level phylogeny and classification of the Empidoidea" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1180. Auckland, New Zealand: Magnolia Press: 1–172. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1180.1.1 . Retrieved 24 April 2023.


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