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Genus Allognosta

Soldier Fly - Allognosta fuscitarsis - female Allognosta fuscitarsis? - Allognosta fuscitarsis - female Soldier Fly - Allognosta obscuriventris - male Fly - Allognosta obscuriventris - female Black Fly - Allognosta fuscitarsis - female Dark Metallic Green Fly - Allognosta obscuriventris Fly - Allognosta Soldier fly - Allognosta fuscitarsis
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)
Infraorder Stratiomyomorpha
Family Stratiomyidae (Soldier flies)
Subfamily Beridinae
Genus Allognosta
Explanation of Names
Allognosta Osten Sacken 1883
Numbers
4 spp. in our area(1), ~40 spp. total(2)
Identification
Key in(3)
Range
East of Rocky Mts(1)
Works Cited
1.Manual of Nearctic Diptera Volume 1
Varies for each chapter; edited by J.F. McAlpine, B.V. Petersen, G.E. Shewell, H.J. Teskey, J.R. Vockeroth, D.M. Wood. 1981. Research Branch Agriculture Canada.
2.A world catalog of the Stratiomyidae (Insecta: Diptera)
Woodley N.E. 2001. North American Dipterists' Society. Washington, DC. 475 pp.
3.A review of the Nearctic Beridinae (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)
M.T. James. 1939. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 32: 543-548.