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Genus Loxocera

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily Diopsoidea
Family Psilidae (Rust Flies)
Genus Loxocera
Explanation of Names
Loxocera Meigen 1803
Numbers
5 spp. in our area (all in the subg. Imantimyia), ~45 in 3 subgenera total(1)
Identification
key to spp. in(1)
Range
Eurasia (most spp.) & NA (Canada to Costa Rica); in our area, widespread(1)
Works Cited
1.Revision of New World Loxocera (Diptera: Psilidae), with phylogenetic redefinition of Holarctic subgenera and species groups
Buck M., Marshall S.A. 2006. Eur. J. Entomol. 103: 193–219.
Contributed by Joel Kits on 11 March, 2005 - 9:45pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 6 March, 2013 - 6:42pm

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