Platypalpus impexus

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Platypalpus impexus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Hybotidae
Subfamily: Tachydromiinae
Tribe: Tachydromiini
Genus: Platypalpus
Species:
P. impexus
Binomial name
Platypalpus impexus
Melander, 1902 [1]

Platypalpus impexus is a species of hybotid dance fly in the family Hybotidae. [2]

Distribution

United States.

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References

  1. Melander, Axel. L. (1902). "A monograph of the North American Empididae. Part I". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 28: 195–367. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  2. Sinclair, Bradley J.; Cumming, Jeffrey M. (2006). "Morphology, higher-level phylogeny and classification of the Empidoidea" (PDF). Zootaxa. Auckland, New Zealand: Magnolia Press. 1180: 1–172. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1180.1.1 . Retrieved 24 April 2023.