| Rhamphella | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Empididae |
| Subfamily: | Empidinae |
| Genus: | Rhamphella Malloch, 1930 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Rhamphella inconspicua | |
| Rhamphella | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Empididae |
| Subfamily: | Empidinae |
| Genus: | Rhamphella Malloch, 1930 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Rhamphella inconspicua | |
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John Russell Malloch was a Scottish entomologist who specialised in Diptera and Hymenoptera.
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