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Superfamily Diopsoidea

Multicolored Fly - Psila fly - Loxocera cylindrica Dance fly? - Loxocera cylindrica Fly - Chyliza erudita Chyliza - Chyliza apicalis Psila? - Psila Loxocera - Loxocera cylindrica Loxocera
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily Diopsoidea
Numbers
7 families total, 2 in our area(1)
Works Cited
1.Family groups of Diopsoidea and Nerioidea (Diptera: Schizophora): Definition, history and relationships
Lonsdale O. 2020. Zootaxa 4735: 1‒177.
Contributed by Zachary Dankowicz on 28 January, 2022 - 7:33pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 18 August, 2023 - 5:50pm

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