Prothaplocnemis Bezzi, 1925

Greathead, D. J. & Evenhuis, N. L., 2001, Annotated keys to the genera of African Bombylioidea (Diptera: Bombyliidae; Mythicomyiidae), African Invertebrates 42 (1820), pp. 105-224 : 214

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7909975

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scientific name

Prothaplocnemis Bezzi
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Prothaplocnemis Bezzi, 1925: 218 , 220. Type species: Argyromoeba anthracina Becker, 1902 (as

Argyramoeba ’), by original designation.

Comments: This monotypic genus is very similar to Xeramoeba , but differs from it most strikingly in having shining black cuticle and patches of white hair and scales.

Distribution: Monotypic. Egypt: Prothaplocnemis anthracina (Becker) .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Bombyliidae

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