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Species Amoebaleria defessa

heleomyzid fly - Amoebaleria defessa - female

Amoebaleria defessa? - Amoebaleria defessa

2024-02-15-D7K_9327 - Amoebaleria defessa - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")

Superfamily Sphaeroceroidea

Family Heleomyzidae

Subfamily Heleomyzinae

Tribe Heleomyzini

Genus Amoebaleria

Species defessa (Amoebaleria defessa)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Amoebaleria defessa Osten-Sacken, 1877

Amoebaleria sackeni Garrett, 1925

Range

Northeastern North America: MN-NB, south to MO-TN (1)

Habitat

Usually collected in or near caves

Print References

Steyskal, George C. 1968. The synonymy of Amoebaleria sackeni Garrett (Diptera: Heleomyzidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 70(2):113

Works Cited

1.	A Catalog of the Diptera of America North of Mexico Alan Stone, et al. 1965. United States Department of Agriculture.

Contributed by Brad Barnd on 4 June, 2017 - 9:16pm
Additional contributions by Tony-2, Vox Sciurorum
Last updated 25 October, 2023 - 6:57am

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