Suffomyia

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Suffomyia

Freidberg, 1995
Type species
Suffomyia scutellaris
Freidberg, 1995

Suffomyia is a genus of beach flies in the family Canacidae. All known species are Australasian or African. [1]

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References

  1. Munari, Lorenzo; Mathis, Wayne N. (2010). "World Catalog of the Family Canacidae (including Tethinidae) (Diptera), with keys to the supraspecific taxa" (PDF). Zootaxa. Auckland, New Zealand: Magnolia Press. 2471: 1–84. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2471.1.1. ISSN   1175-5334 . Retrieved 25 January 2012.