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Genus Agathon

Net-winged Midge - Agathon - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera))
Infraorder Blephariceromorpha
Family Blephariceridae (Net-winged Midges)
Genus Agathon
Numbers
3 sp. in N. America.
Range
"Western mountains" (Hogue, 1981).
Print References
Hogue, C. L. 1981. 8. Blephariceridae. Manual of Nearct. Dipt. 1: 191-197. (1)
Works Cited
1.Manual of Neactic Diptera Volume 1
By Varies for each chapter; edited by J.F. McAlpine, B.V. Petersen, G.E. Shewell, H.J. Teskey, J.R. Vockeroth, D.M. Wood.