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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Window Flies (Scenopinidae) » Caenotus

Genus Caenotus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range
Dance fly - Caenotus - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)
Superfamily Asiloidea
Family Scenopinidae (Window Flies)
Genus Caenotus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Caenotus Cole, 1923
Originally placed in Therevidae, moved to Bombyliidae, and finally moved to Scenopinidae in 1992.
Identification
Small, black species. Three veins extend from discal cell to wing margin (sometimes four). R4+5 has an acute fork starting near the end of the discal cell. R2+3 runs close and parallel to R1. Cell cup closed near wing margin. Antennae are similar to other Scenopinidae and Therevidae. Male eyes are large and touch on top of the head. Female eyes are widely separated. Ocelli are large. Halteres are large.
Range
Southwest USA and adjacent Mexico
Contributed by John F. Carr on 28 October, 2015 - 3:43am
Last updated 28 October, 2015 - 7:04am

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