Nephrocerus

Nephrocerus
Nephrocerus scutellatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Pipunculidae
Subfamily: Nephrocerinae
Tribe: Nephrocerini
Genus: Nephrocerus
Zetterstedt, 1838[1]
Type species
Nephrocerus lapponicus
Synonyms

Nephrocerus is a genus of flies belonging to the family Pipunculidae.[3]

The species of this genus are found in Europe, Asia and Northern America.[4]

  1. ^ a b Zetterstedt, J. W. (1838). Dipterologis Scandinaviae. Sect. 3: Diptera, pp. 477-868. In his Insecta Lapponica. Lipsiae [= Leipzig]. pp. vi + 1, 140.
  2. ^ Zetterstedt, J. W. (1837). "Conspectus familiarum, generum et specierum dipterorum, in fauna insectorum Lapponica descriptorum". Isis (Oken's). 21: 28–67.
  3. ^ Coe, R.L. (1966). Pipunculidae (PDF). Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Vol. 10. p. 83. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Nephrocerus Zetterstedt, 1838". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 30 March 2021.