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Genus Meghyperus

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)
Superfamily Empidoidea
Family Atelestidae
Genus Meghyperus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Meghyperus Loew, 1850
Numbers
Two described and three undescribed species known from North America.(1)
Range
Western North America; Eurasia
Works Cited
1.Identification key to Nearctic genera of Empidoidea
Bradley J. Sinclair, Scott E. Brooks, Jeffrey M. Cumming. 2023. Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification.