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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Sphaeroceroidea » Lesser Dung Flies (Sphaeroceridae) » Limosininae » Thoracochaeta

Genus Thoracochaeta

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Habitat · Food · Works Cited
Seaweed Fly - Thoracochaeta zosterae Seaweed Fly - Thoracochaeta brachystoma - female Seaweed Fly - Thoracochaeta brachystoma Thoracochaeta johnsoni Thoracochaeta johnsoni - male - female Thoracochaeta sp. - Thoracochaeta Fly - Thoracochaeta johnsoni Fly - Thoracochaeta johnsoni
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily Sphaeroceroidea
Family Sphaeroceridae (Lesser Dung Flies)
Subfamily Limosininae
Genus Thoracochaeta
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Formerly considered a subgenus of Leptocera; revised in (1)
Explanation of Names
Thoracochaeta Duda 1918
Numbers
9 spp. in our area, 3 in the northeast(1), 36 total
Range
Sea shores of eastern and western North America (including Gulf of Mexico), one species along shores of the Great Lakes.
Habitat
On seaweed
Food
Larvae develop in decaying seaweed
Works Cited
1.A revision of the Nearctic Leptocera (Thoracochaeta Duda) (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae)
Marshall S.A. 1982. Can. Entomol. 114: 63-78.
Contributed by Matthias Buck on 26 August, 2008 - 8:26am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 14 July, 2023 - 10:28pm

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