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Ectinocera

Ectinocera borealis is a species of fly in the family Sciomyzidae. It is found in the Palearctic. It is the only species in the genus Ectinocera.

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Ectinocera
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Sciomyzidae
Subfamily: Sciomyzinae
Tribe: Tetanocerini
Genus: Ectinocera
Zetterstedt, 1838
Species:
E. borealis
Binomial name
Ectinocera borealis

Ectinocera borealis is a species of fly in the family Sciomyzidae. It is found in the Palearctic.1 It is the only species in the genus Ectinocera.2

References

References

  1. Knutson, Lloyd Vernon; Vala, Jean-Claude (2011). Biology of Snail-Killing Sciomyzidae Flies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 1–526. ISBN 978-0521867856.
  2. "Ectinocera Zetterstedt, 1838". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 5 September 2025.