Nephrocerus

{{Short description|Genus of insects}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Nephrocerus scutellatus.jpg

| image_caption =Nephrocerus scutellatus

| taxon = Nephrocerus

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| authority = Zetterstedt, 1838{{cite book |last1=Zetterstedt |first1=J. W. |title=Dipterologis Scandinaviae. Sect. 3: Diptera, pp. 477-868. In his Insecta Lapponica |date=1838 |location=Lipsiae [= Leipzig] |pages=vi + 1,140}}

| type_species =Nephrocerus lapponicus

| type_species_authority =Zetterstedt, 1838

| synonyms = *Nephrocerus Zetterstedt, 1837{{cite journal |last1=Zetterstedt |first1=J. W. |title=Conspectus familiarum, generum et specierum dipterorum, in fauna insectorum Lapponica descriptorum |journal=Isis (Oken's) |date=1837 |volume=21 |pages=28–67}}

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Nephrocerus is a genus of flies belonging to the family Pipunculidae.{{cite book |last1=Coe |first1=R.L. |title=Pipunculidae |series=Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects |date=1966 |volume=10 |issue=2c |pages=83 |url=https://www.royensoc.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Vol10_Part02c.pdf |access-date=22 July 2022}}

The species of this genus are found in Europe, Asia and Northern America.{{cite web |title=Nephrocerus Zetterstedt, 1838 |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/1647702 |website=www.gbif.org |access-date=30 March 2021 |language=en}}

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