Summary description from Wikipedia:

Toxomerus politus in languages:

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Maize Calligrapher Fly

English

Maize Calligrapher

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Corn Fly

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Corn Tassel Fly

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Parent Taxon

• Toxomerus

Sibling Taxa

• Toxomerus anthrax
• Toxomerus apegiensis
• Toxomerus aquilinus
• Toxomerus arcifer
• Toxomerus basalis
• Toxomerus bistrigus
• Toxomerus boscii
• Toxomerus calceolatus
• Toxomerus ciliatus
• Toxomerus corbis
• Toxomerus costalis
• Toxomerus crockeri
• Toxomerus dispar
• Toxomerus duplicatus
• Toxomerus ecuadoreus
• Toxomerus flaviplurus
• Toxomerus floralis
• Toxomerus geminatus
• Toxomerus jussiaeae
• Toxomerus laenas
• Toxomerus marginatus
• Toxomerus mosaicus
• Toxomerus musicus
• Toxomerus mutuus
• Toxomerus nasutus
• Toxomerus occidentalis
• Toxomerus ornithoglyphus
• Toxomerus pallipes
• Toxomerus papaveroi
• Toxomerus paragrammus
• Toxomerus parvulus
• Toxomerus pichinchae
• Toxomerus pictus
• Toxomerus politus
• Toxomerus procrastinatus
• Toxomerus pulchellus
• Toxomerus saphiridiceps
• Toxomerus steatogaster
• Toxomerus sylvaticus
• Toxomerus teliger
• Toxomerus tibicen
• Toxomerus vertebratus
• Toxomerus verticalis
• Toxomerus veve
• Toxomerus violaceus
• Toxomerus virgulatus
• Toxomerus watsoni

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