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Platynochaetus
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Platynochaetus

Platynochaetus is a genus of hoverflies. A diagnostic feature of the genus is the peculiar shape of the male antennae.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Platynochaetus setosus

speciesPlatynochaetus setosus

Platynochaetus macquarti

speciesPlatynochaetus macquarti

Platynochaetus rufus

speciesPlatynochaetus rufus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 538833.