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Helius (fly)

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Helius
Helius flavus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Limoniidae
Subfamily: Limoniinae
Tribe: Limoniini
Genus: Helius
Le Peletier & Serville, 1828
Type species
Limnobia longirostris
Meigen, 1818
Subgenera
Synonyms
  • Megarhina Le Peletier & Serville, 1828
  • Leptorhina Stephens, 1829
  • Rhamphidia Meigen, 1830

Helius is a genus of crane fly in the family Limoniidae, distributed worldwide with most species in Australia and East Asia.

Species

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  • Subgenus Helius Lepeletier & Serville, 1828

References

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  • "Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World (Diptera, Tipuloidea: Pediciidae, Limoniidae, Cylindrotomidae, Tipulidae)". Naturalis Biodiversity Center.