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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Gnats, Gall Midges, and March Flies (Bibionomorpha) » March Flies (Bibionidae) » Penthetria » Penthetria heteroptera

Species Penthetria heteroptera

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Season · Works Cited
True Fly on the Ground - Penthetria heteroptera - male Penthetria heteroptera ? - Penthetria heteroptera Diptera - Penthetria heteroptera - female Very black fly - Penthetria heteroptera - male Fly - Penthetria heteroptera - male Penthetria heteroptera? - Penthetria heteroptera - male mating March flies - Penthetria heteroptera - male - female March Fly - Penthetria heteroptera
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera))
Infraorder Bibionomorpha (Gnats, Gall Midges, and March Flies)
Family Bibionidae (March Flies)
Genus Penthetria
Species heteroptera (Penthetria heteroptera)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
=Bibio heteroptera Say 1823
=Penthetria atra Macquart, 1834(1)
=Penthetria longipes (Loew, 1858)(1)
=Penthetria lugubris Harris, 1835(1)
Identification
The forked R vein with nearly parallel forks distinguishes this species from other northeastern March Flies (comment by John Carr)
Range
widespread in North and South America(2)
Season
fall
Works Cited
1.Penthetria Meigen (Diptera: Bibionidae): Revision of the New World species and world catalog
Scott J. Fitzgerald. 2021. Zootaxa.
2.The Bibionidae of California
Hardy D.E. 1961. Bull. Calif. Insect Survey 6(7): 179-195.
Contributed by Matthias Buck on 21 May, 2008 - 3:37pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, ceiseman, v belov, Spencer_pote
Last updated 22 July, 2021 - 6:37pm

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