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Rhamphomyia

Rhamphomyia is a genus of dance flies, in the fly family Empididae. It contains more than 600 species in 8 subgenera.

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Rhamphomyia
Rhamphomyia marginata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Empididae
Subfamily: Empidinae
Genus: Rhamphomyia
Meigen, 18221
Type species
Empis sulcata
Meigen, 18042
Diversity
at least 620 species
Synonyms
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Rhamphomyia is a genus of dance flies, in the fly family Empididae. It contains more than 600 species in 8 subgenera.

Species

Rhamphomyia longicauda, species from North America source ↗

The species of Rhamphomyia are arranged into subgenera, as follows:

Aclonempis Collin, 19263
Amydroneura Collin, 19263
Eorhamphomyia
  • Rhamphomyia shewelli Sinclair, Vajda, Saigusa & Shamshev, 201916
Holoclera Schiner, 1860
Lundstroemiella Frey, 192220
Megacyttarus Bigot, 1880
Pararhamphomyia Frey, 192220
Rhamphomyia Meigen, 18221
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References

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