Rhamphomyia heterochroma

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Rhamphomyia heterochroma
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Empididae
Genus: Rhamphomyia
Subgenus: Holoclera
Species:
R. heterochroma
Binomial name
Rhamphomyia heterochroma
Bezzi, 1898 [1]

Rhamphomyia heterochroma is a species of dance flies, in the fly family Empididae. It is included in the subgenus Holoclera of the genus Rhamphomyia.

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References

  1. Bezzi, Mario (1898). "Rhamphomyia heterochroma, nova dipterorum species ex Hungaria". Termeszetr. Fuz. 21: 439–440.