Xena (fly)

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Xena
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Chloropidae
Tribe: Mindini
Genus: Xena
Nartshuk, 1964
Species:
X. straminea
Binomial name
Xena straminea
Nartshuk, 1964

Xena is a genus of Grass Flies in the family Chloropidae. This genus has a single species, Xena straminea, found in mountain regions of Switzerland, east to Russia and central Asia. [1] [2] [3]

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References

  1. "Xena". GBIF. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
  2. "Xena Nartshuk, 1964". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
  3. Nartshuk, E.P. (2011). "Grassflies of the family Chloropidae (Diptera) of A.P. Fedchenko's Turkestan collection with description of new taxa" (PDF). Zoosystematica Rossica. 20. Retrieved 2024-08-16.