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Melanomyza group

Representative Images

Diptera. Unknown. mystery lauxaniid - Melanomyza Diptera --? ? - Melanomyza Fly - Melanomyza Fly - Melanomyza diptera- Platypezidae. Bertamyia notata. - Melanomyza - female Red-eyed Black Spine Fly - Dorsal  - Melanomyza

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily Lauxanioidea
Family Lauxaniidae
No Taxon Melanomyza group

Remarks

Inlcudes at least
Lauxaniella (type species Lauxania femoralis Loew, 1861)
Melanomyza (type species Lauxania gracilipes Loew, 1861)
Neodeceia (type species Lauxania cineracea Coquillett, 1902)