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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Ephydroidea » Shore Flies (Ephydridae) » Ephydrinae » Ephydrini » Cirrula » Cirrula gigantea

Species Cirrula gigantea

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Print References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily Ephydroidea
Family Ephydridae (Shore Flies)
Subfamily Ephydrinae
Tribe Ephydrini
Genus Cirrula
Species gigantea (Cirrula gigantea)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cirrula gigantea Cresson, 1917
Identification
Fronto-orbital bristles weakly developed, dorsocentral bristles weak, arista about equal in length as antennal segments 1-3 combined, prescutellar acrostichal bristles reduced, and males with fore tarsi expanded (Mathis & Marinoni, 2016). (1)
Third-instar larva with transverse sclerotized strap of third segment about 6 times as wide as long, the third segment also with posterior projection. (1)
Print References
Mathis W.N., Marinoni L. (2016). Revision of Ephydrini Zetterstedt (Diptera: Ephydridae) from the Americas south of the United States. Zootaxa 4116: 1-110. Full text
Works Cited
1.Studies of Ephydrinae (Diptera: Ephydridae), V: The genera Cirrula Cresson and Dimecoenia Cresson in North America
Mathis, W.N. and K.W. Simpson. 1981. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 329: 1-51.
Contributed by Brad Barnd on 10 July, 2017 - 9:58pm
Additional contributions by v belov, Arturo Santos
Last updated 19 May, 2023 - 5:20pm

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