Tachytrechus sanus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Dolichopodidae |
Genus: | Tachytrechus |
Species: | T. sanus |
Binomial name | |
Tachytrechus sanus Osten Sacken, 1877 [1] | |
Synonyms [2] [3] | |
Tachytrechus sanus is a species of long-legged fly in the family Dolichopodidae. [6] [7] [8] [9]
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Dolichopus is a large cosmopolitan genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. Adults are small flies, typically less than 8 mm in length. Nearly all species are metallic greenish-blue to greenish-bronze. It is the largest genus of Dolichopodidae with more than 600 species worldwide.
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Calyxochaetus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It was formerly considered a subgenus of Sympycnus, but it is now considered a separate genus.
Chrysotimus is a genus of longlegged flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is cosmopolitan in distribution, but it is probably paraphyletic with respect to several genera of limited distribution.
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Nepalomyia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.
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Paraclius is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.
Pelastoneurus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.
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