Apocephalus | |
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Apocephalus longistylus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Phoridae |
Tribe: | Metopinini |
Genus: | Apocephalus Coquillett, 1901[1] |
Type species | |
Apocephalus pergandei Coquillett, 1901[1]
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Diversity | |
at least 300 species | |
Synonyms | |
Apocephalus is a genus of ant-decapitating flies (insects in the family Phoridae). There are at least 300 described species in Apocephalus.[5][6][7][8]