| Rhaphium pectinatum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Dolichopodidae |
| Genus: | Rhaphium |
| Species: | R. pectinatum |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhaphium pectinatum (Loew, 1859) | |
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Rhaphium pectinatum is a species of long-legged fly in the family Dolichopodidae. It is distributed in Europe.
R. pectinatum has been recorded from Austria, England, France, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania, Russia and Sweden.
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