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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Carnoidea » Frit Flies (Chloropidae) » Oscinellinae » Eye Gnats (Hippelatini) » Hippelates

Genus Hippelates

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification
Fly - Hippelates plebejus Fly - Hippelates Fly - Hippelates plebejus Fly - Hippelates plebejus - female Tiny fly - Hippelates Tiny fly - Hippelates sweaty arm chloropid - Hippelates nobilis - female lateral - Hippelates dorsalis
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily Carnoidea
Family Chloropidae (Frit Flies)
Subfamily Oscinellinae
Tribe Hippelatini (Eye Gnats)
Genus Hippelates
Other Common Names
Eye Gnats
Explanation of Names
Hippelates Loew 1863
Numbers
7 spp. in our area[cite:]
Identification
"The combination of that long curved spur on the hind leg, the long shiny, folding proboscis, and a dull gray thorax with the deep indented lines are diagnostic for most Hippelates in North America." -- Terry Wheeler
Contributed by Ron M. on 7 October, 2008 - 10:16pm
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 23 May, 2012 - 12:57pm

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