| Zabrachia tenella | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Stratiomyidae |
| Genus: | Zabrachia |
| Species: | Z. tenella |
| Binomial name | |
| Zabrachia tenella | |
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Zabrachia tenella, the pine black, is a European species of soldier fly. [2]
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