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Plocoscelus
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 7
- With media
- 36
- Family
- Micropezidae
- Collections
- USNM, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Costa Rica
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Micropezidae
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- taxon name
- Plocoscelus
- taxon rank
- genus
- diel cycle
- diurnality
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Plocoscelus is a genus of flies in the family Micropezidae. Species are found in Central and South Americas.
== References == Mortal mimicry in the fly, Plocoscelus sp.(Diptera, Micropezidae). WG Eberhard, Biotropica, 1999
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