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Nikitella

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Nikitella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Medeterinae
Tribe: Medeterini
Genus: Nikitella
Grichanov, 2011[1]
Species:
N. vikhrevi
Binomial name
Nikitella vikhrevi

Nikitella is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae, found in Senegal. It contains only one species, Nikitella vikhrevi. Both the genus and species are named after the collector, Dr. Nikita Vikhrev.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Grichanov, I. Ya. (2011). "Three new genera of Medeterinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Old World Tropics and Australasia" (PDF). Far Eastern Entomologist (225): 1–16.