Tetanoptera

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Tetanoptera
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Sciomyzidae
Subfamily: Sciomyzinae
Tribe: Tetanocerini
Genus: Tetanoptera
Verbeke, 1950 [1]
Species:
T. leucodactyla
Binomial name
Tetanoptera leucodactyla
Verbeke, 1950 [1]

Tetanoptera leucodactyla is a species of fly in the family Sciomyzidae, the only species in the genus Tetanoptera. It is found in the Oriental Region. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Verbeke, J. (1950). "Sciomyzidae (Diptera Cyclorrhapha)" (PDF). Exploration du Parc National Albert (Mission G. F. DE WITTE, 1933-1935). 63: 1–97. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  2. Knutson, Lloyd Vernon; Vala, Jean-Claude (2011). Biology of Snail-Killing Sciomyzidae Flies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 1–526. ISBN   978-0521867856.