Sepedon pacifica

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Sepedon pacifica
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Sciomyzidae
Genus: Sepedon
Species:
S. pacifica
Binomial name
Sepedon pacifica
Cresson, 1914 [1]

Sepedon pacifica is a species of marsh fly (insects in the family Sciomyzidae). [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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References

  1. Cresson, E. T. Jr (1914). "Descriptions of new North American acalyptrate Diptera--I". Entomological news, and proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 25: 457–460. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  2. Fisher, T. W.; Orth, R. E. (1972). "Resurrection of Sepedon pacifica Cresson and redescription of Sepedon praemiosa Giglio-Tos with biological notes. (Diptera: Sciomyzidae)". The Pan-Pacific entomologist. 48 (1): 8–20. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  3. "Sepedon pacifica Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  4. "Sepedon pacifica species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  5. "Sepedon pacifica". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  6. "Sepedon pacifica Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-04.