Zosteria sydneensis

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Zosteria sydneensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Asilidae
Genus: Zosteria
Species:
Z. sydneensis
Binomial name
Zosteria sydneensis
(Macquart, 1838) [1]

Zosteria sydneensis is a species of robberfly found in Sydney, Australia. [2]

Contents

Description

First described by Macquart in 1838. [1]

Range

Sydney, Australia and nearby.

Habitat

Ecology

Etymology

Sydneyeensis refers to Sydney.

Taxonomy

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References

  1. 1 2 "Zosteria sydneensis (Macquart, 1838)". Atlas of Living Australia.
  2. "Zosteria sydneensis". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2021-09-18.