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Beetle Flies
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Beetle Flies

Celyphidae

The Celyphidae, commonly known as beetle flies or beetle-backed flies, are a family of flies (order Diptera). About 90 species are known from the Oriental and Afrotropic biogeographic regions.

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9 branches of this family, most-observed first

Celyphus

genusCelyphus

Spaniocelyphus

genusSpaniocelyphus

Paracelyphus

genusParacelyphus

Acelyphus

genusAcelyphus

Hemiglobus

genusHemiglobus

Idiocelyphus

genusIdiocelyphus

Atopocelyphus

genusAtopocelyphus

Chamaecelyphus

genusChamaecelyphus

Oocelyphus

genusOocelyphus

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