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Anthomyia bazini is a species of fly in the family Anthomyiidae. It is found in the Palearctic. For identification see:

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Cordulegaster mzymtae is a species of dragonfly in the family Cordulegastridae. It is found in Georgia and Turkey. Its natural habitat is rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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Dorymyrmex spurius is a species of ant in the genus Dorymyrmex. Described by Santschi in 1929, the species is endemic to Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.

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Drosophila pseudoobscura is a species of fruit fly, used extensively in lab studies of speciation. It is native to western North America.

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Dysdercus mimulus is a species of red bug in the family Pyrrhocoridae. It is found in the Caribbean, Central America, and North America.

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Leioproctus carinatifrons is a species of Australian bee. It is found in coastal regions of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia, and feeds on the nectar of various species of Persoonia. It was first described in 1929 by T. D. A. Cockerell as Paracolletes carinatifrons. Males are around 10 millimetres (0.39 in) long, and females 7 mm (0.28 in). It is closely related to L. perpolitus from Western Australia

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Lestes malabaricus is a species of damselfly in the family Lestidae. It is native to Sri Lanka, South India and Andaman Islands.

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Linepithema oblongum is a species of ant in the genus Linepithema. Described by Santschi in 1929, the species is endemic to South America.

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Megachile chrysopygopsis is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae. It was described by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell in 1929.

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Megachile dinognatha is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae. It was described by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell in 1929.

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Megachile hilli is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae. It was described by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell in 1929.

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Megachile ignescens is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae. It was described by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell in 1929.

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Megachile leucopogon is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae. It was described by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell in 1929.

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Megachile tenuicincta is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae. It was described by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell in 1929.

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Myrmecia pulchra is an Australian bull ant species, a part of the genus Myrmecia. They are native to Australia. They are heavily distributed in Victoria, Australian Capital Territory, and New South Wales, notably around the coastlines.

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Paragomphus sinaiticus, the Sinai hooktail, is a species of dragonfly in the family Gomphidae. It is found in Egypt, Niger, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, United Arab Emirates and Yemen. Its natural habitats are rivers and freshwater springs. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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Salpingogaster punctifrons is a species of syrphid fly in the family Syrphidae. This is an elusive red, black, and yellow species found in South and Central Florida. Like many hoverflies, this species imitates wasps, this one being particularly similar to mud daubers. Their anatomy is distinctive from many other hoverflies and similar to that of mud daubers in that its first abdominal tergite is elongated.

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Tetragonula hockingsi is a small stingless bee native to Australia. It is found primarily in the Northern Territory and in northern Queensland. The colonies can get quite large, with up to 10,000 workers and a single queen. Workers of Tetragonula hockingsi have been observed in fatal fights with other Tetragonula species, where the worker bees risk their lives for the potential benefit of scarce resources.

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Thaumalea verralli is a species of fly in the family Thaumaleidae. It is found in the Palearctic.