Pterodontia westwoodi

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Pterodontia westwoodi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Acroceridae
Genus: Pterodontia
Species:
P. westwoodi
Binomial name
Pterodontia westwoodi
Sabrosky, 1948 [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Pterodontia analis Westwood, 1848
    (nec Macquart, 1846)

Pterodontia westwoodi is a species of small-headed flies (insects in the family Acroceridae). [2] [3] [4] [5]

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References

  1. Sabrosky, C.W. (1948). "A Further Contribution to the Classification of the North American Spider Parasites of the Family Acroceratidae (Diptera)". The American Midland Naturalist . 39 (2): 382–430. doi:10.2307/2421592. JSTOR   2421592.
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