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Pipunculidae

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Nomenclature

  • Unranked: Cyclorrhapha
    Superfamily: Syrphoidea
Family:
Pipunculidae
Usage: 
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Pipunculidae1

Pipunculidae1

SUMMARY

Rather small typically dark-bodies flies, 3.4-4.0 mm long, characterized by globose to semiglobose compound eyes covering almost entire head. Wing typically long and slender. (Hardy 1987)

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