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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Stratiomyomorpha » Soldier flies (Stratiomyidae) » Beridinae » Actina

Genus Actina

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Works Cited
fly - Actina viridis - male Tiny Spider and Fly - Actina viridis Soldier Fly - Actina viridis - male Fly - Actina viridis - female Actina viridis Fly - Actina viridis - female Not sure where to start with this one - Actina viridis - male Soldier fly, Actina viridis? - Actina viridis
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 Actina
Explanation of Names
Actina Meigen 1804
Numbers
a single species in our area(1), 16 spp. total(2)
Works Cited
1.A review of the Nearctic Beridinae (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)
M.T. James. 1939. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 32: 543-548.
2.A world catalog of the Stratiomyidae (Insecta: Diptera)
Woodley N.E. 2001. North American Dipterists' Society. Washington, DC. 475 pp.
Contributed by Keith Bayless on 25 February, 2008 - 10:20pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, v belov
Last updated 7 March, 2013 - 1:19pm

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