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Species Phalacrotophora epeirae

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Aschiza")
Superfamily Platypezoidea
Family Phoridae (Scuttle Flies)
Subfamily Metopininae
Genus Phalacrotophora
Species epeirae (Phalacrotophora epeirae)
Life Cycle
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Remarks
Phalacrotophora epeirae is the only(?) parasite of Mimetus egg sac‏s (page 269). American Arachnology