Mallochi-eponym
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Speccafrons mallochi
Speccafrons mallochi is a species of grass fly in the family Chloropidae, first described by Sabrosky in 1938. The genus Speccafrons belongs to the tribe Siphonellini within the subfamily Oscinellinae. Like other members of Chloropidae, this species is a small true fly with reduced wing venation. The species epithet honors the dipterist John Russell Malloch.