Polydontomyia
Genus of fly
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Polydontomyia is a genus of rat-tail maggot flies in the family Syrphidae. The genus is monotypic, comprising a single species, Polydontomyia curvipes, also known as the dimorphic sickleleg. It was formerly a member of the genus Lejops.[1][2]
| Dimorphic sickleleg | |
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| In California | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Subfamily: | Eristalinae |
| Tribe: | Eristalini |
| Subtribe: | Helophilina |
| Genus: | Polydontomyia Williston, 1896 |
| Species: | P. curvipes |
| Binomial name | |
| Polydontomyia curvipes (Wiedemann, 1830) | |
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