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| Hemipenthes alba | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Bombyliidae |
| Genus: | Hemipenthes |
| Species: | H. alba |
| Binomial name | |
| Hemipenthes alba Ávalos-Hernández, 2009 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Hemipenthes albus Ávalos-Hernández, 2009 (misspelling) | |
Hemipenthes alba is a species of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae, known from Mexico; the name was misspelled as albus in the original publication, but as it is an adjective meaning "white", it must be corrected under the rules of gender agreement in the ICZN to alba.
References
- Ávalos-Hernández, O. (2009) A review of the North American species of Hemipenthes Loew, 1869 (Diptera: Bombyliidae) Zootaxa 2074. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2074.1.1
- Article 32, ICZN
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