''Helle'' is a
genus
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of
small-headed flies. It is endemic to
New Zealand
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.
The genus is named after
Helle, the daughter of Athamas, from
Greek mythology
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.
Species
* ''
Helle longirostris''
(Hudson
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* Hudson (given name)
* Hudson (surname)
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* Hudson (footballer, born 1988), Hudson Rodrigues dos Santos, Brazilian f ...
, 1892)
* ''
Helle rufescens''
Brunetti, 1926
References
Acroceridae
Nemestrinoidea genera
Diptera of New Zealand
Taxa named by Carl Robert Osten-Sacken
Endemic insects of New Zealand
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