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Subfamily Xestomyzinae

Odd therevid - Henicomyia hubbardii Odd therevid - Henicomyia hubbardii Henicomyia Therevidae - Henicomyia Red-backed fly - Henicomyia Red-backed fly - Henicomyia Henicomyia Henicomyia
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)
Superfamily Asiloidea
Family Therevidae (Stiletto Flies)
Subfamily Xestomyzinae
Numbers
a single genus in the New World, the rest in Africa (Martin Hauser, pers. comm.)