Pterodontia misella
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| Pterodontia misella | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Acroceridae |
| Genus: | Pterodontia |
| Species: | P. misella |
| Binomial name | |
| Pterodontia misella Osten Sacken, 1877[1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Pterodontia misella is a species of small-headed flies (insects in the family Acroceridae).[2][3][4][5] It is very close in appearance to Pterodontia flavipes, and was considered a synonym of it by Curtis Williams Sabrosky in 1948.[6] However, this synonymy has not been adopted by later authors, and P. misella is still recognised as a distinct species.[5]
