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Family Cryptochetidae - Scale Parasite Flies

diptera: cryptochetidae - from Alameda, California - Cryptochetum iceryae

cottony cushion scale parasite? - Cryptochetum iceryae - male - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")

Superfamily Ephydroidea

Family Cryptochetidae (Scale Parasite Flies)

Explanation of Names

Cryptochetidae Brues & Melander 1932

Numbers

1 sp. intentionally introduced into CA(1), 34 spp. in 3 genera total(2)

Size

1.5-2 mm(1)

Works Cited

1.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.

2.	Order Diptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang Z.-Q. (ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification... Pape T., Blagoderov V., Mostovski M.B. 2011. Zootaxa 3148: 222–229.

Contributed by John F. Carr on 6 October, 2014 - 8:58pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 30 November, 2015 - 7:27pm

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