Sciapus contristans

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Sciapus contristans
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Sciapus contristans
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Sciapodinae
Tribe: Sciapodini
Genus: Sciapus
Species:
S. contristans
Binomial name
Sciapus contristans
(Wiedemann, 1817) [1]
Synonyms

Sciapus contristans is a species of long-legged fly in the family Dolichopodidae. [5] [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 Wiedemann, Christian Rudolph Wilhelm (1817). "Neue Zweiflügler (Diptera Linn.) aus der Gegend um Kiel". Zoologisches Magazin. 1 (1): 61–86.
  2. ↑ Meigen, J. W. (1824). "Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europaischen zweiflugeligen Insekten". Vierter Theil. Schulz-Wundermann, Hamm.: xii + 428 pp. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  3. ↑ Loew, Friedrich Hermann (1869). Beschreibungen europäischer Dipteren. Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäischen zweiflügligen Insecten von Johann Wilhelm Meigen. 1. Band I. Halle: H. W. Schmidt. pp. xvi + 310 + [2] pp. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  4. ↑ Becker, Theodor (1902). "Aegyptische Dipteren". Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin. Berlin. 2 (2): 1–66, 1 pl., 67–195, 4 pls. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  5. ↑ Yang, D.; Zhu, Y.; Wang, M.; Zhang, L. (2006). World Catalog of Dolichopodidae (Insecta: Diptera). Beijing: China Agricultural University Press. pp. 1–704. ISBN   9787811171020.
  6. ↑ Bickel, D. J. (1994). "The Australian Sciapodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with a review of the Oriental and Australasian faunas, and a world conspectus of the subfamily" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement. 21: 1–394. doi:10.3853/j.0812-7387.21.1994.50 . Retrieved 10 September 2015.


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