| Tetanocera | |
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| Tetanocera ferruginea | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Sciomyzidae |
| Tribe: | Tetanocerini |
| Genus: | Tetanocera Duméril, 1800 |
| Type species | |
| Musca elata Fabricius, 1781 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Tetanocera is a genus of marsh flies, insects in the family Sciomyzidae. There are at least 50 described species in Tetanocera. [1] [2]