Polydontomyia
| Dimorphic sickleleg | |
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| In California | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Subfamily: | Eristalinae |
| Tribe: | Eristalini |
| Subtribe: | Helophilina |
| Genus: | Polydontomyia Williston, 1896 |
| Species: | P. curvipes
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| Binomial name | |
| Polydontomyia curvipes (Wiedemann, 1830)
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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]
References
- ^ "Polydontomyia genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
- ^ Skevington, Jeffrey H.; Locke, Michelle M.; Young, Andrew D.; Moran, Kevin; et al. (2019). Field Guide to the Flower Flies of Northeastern North America. Princeton Field Guides. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691189406.
External links
Media related to Polydontomyia at Wikimedia Commons- "Diptera.info". Retrieved 11 February 2018.
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