Species Neorhynchocephalus volaticus

Classification · Identification · Range · Season · Print References

Tangle-Veined Fly - Nemestrinidae (Species?) - Neorhynchocephalus volaticus

Fly - Neorhynchocephalus volaticus - female

Fly - Neorhynchocephalus volaticus - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Orthorrhapha" (Brachycera excluding Aschiza and Schizophora))

Superfamily Nemestrinoidea

Family Nemestrinidae (Tangle-veined flies)

Genus Neorhynchocephalus

Species volaticus (Neorhynchocephalus volaticus)

Identification

Posterior 2 veins at wing apex not joined. Abdomen with white tomentum along posterior margins of tergites.

Range

Southern United States (AZ to FL, north to KS) south to Guatemala.

Season

June - early August

Print References

Bequaert, J. 1930. Notes on American Nemestrinidae. Psyche 37:286-298. (available online).

Bequaert, J. 1934. Notes on American Nemestrinidae, Second Paper. J. New York Entomol. Soc. 42:163-184. (available online with JSTOR subscription)

Contributed by Joel Kits on 13 September, 2009 - 8:02pm

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