Afrohercostomus
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| Afrohercostomus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Dolichopodidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichopodinae |
| Tribe: | Dolichopodini |
| Genus: | Afrohercostomus Grichanov, 2010[1] |
| Type species | |
| Hercostomus straeleni Vanschuytbroeck, 1951 | |
Afrohercostomus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.[2] Many of the species were formerly from "Hercostomus Group I" (or the "Hercostomus" straeleni group), one of three groups of Afrotropical Hercostomus species created by Igor Grichanov in 1999.[3]
