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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Small-headed Flies (Acroceridae) » Eulonchus » Eulonchus smaragdinus

Species Eulonchus smaragdinus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Works Cited
Eulonchus smaragdinus Eulonchus smaragdinus - female Eulonchus smaragdinus - female - - Eulonchus smaragdinus Eulonchus sp. - Eulonchus smaragdinus Bluish fly with yellow legs---possibly Eulonchus? - Eulonchus smaragdinus Bluish fly with yellow legs---possibly Eulonchus? - Eulonchus smaragdinus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)
Family Acroceridae (Small-headed Flies)
Genus Eulonchus
Species smaragdinus (Eulonchus smaragdinus)
Explanation of Names
Eulonchus smaragdinus Gerstaecker 1856
Identification
Metallic green to blue to purple, with bright yellow legs and golden pile; quite showy. The bright yellow legs + exceptionally long, curved proboscis are diagnostic.
Range
n. California to Baja(1); fairly common in the Inner Coastal Range, noted from Baja Norte to eastern California.
Works Cited
1.Thompson F.C., Pape T., Evenhuis N.L. (2013) Systema Dipterorum, Version 1.5
Contributed by Will Chatfield-Taylor on 7 December, 2007 - 10:41am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Aaron Schusteff, v belov
Last updated 5 November, 2019 - 1:59am

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