Scoliocentra

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Scoliocentra
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Heleomyzidae
Subfamily: Heleomyzinae
Tribe: Heleomyzini
Genus: Scoliocentra
Loew, 1862
Synonyms

Scoliocentra is a genus of flies in the family Heleomyzidae. There are at least 40 described species in Scoliocentra. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Species

These 44 species belong to the genus Scoliocentra:

Data sources: i = ITIS, [1] c = Catalogue of Life, [2] g = GBIF, [3] b = Bugguide.net [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Scoliocentra Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  2. 1 2 "Browse Scoliocentra". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  3. 1 2 "Scoliocentra". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  4. 1 2 "Scoliocentra Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  5. Walker, F. (1849). List of the specimens of dipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Vol. IV. London: British Museum (Natural History). pp. 3] + 689–1172 + [2]. Retrieved 27 January 2021.

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