Genus Eulonchus

Classification · Identification · Print References · Works Cited

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)

Family Acroceridae (Small-headed Flies)

Genus Eulonchus

Identification

Proboscis well-developed, at rest held below body and extending to mid-thorax or well beyond, depending on species.

Antennae inserted near middle of head, with eyes contiguous both above and below antennae.

Print References

Sabroski, Curtis W. , "A Further Contribution to the Classification of the North American Spider Parasites of the Family Acroceratidae (Diptera)". American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 39, No. 2 (Mar., 1948), pp. 382-430

Schlinger, E. I. , "A review of the genus Eulonchus Gerstaecker. Part I. The species of the Smaragdinus group (Diptera: Acroceridae)". Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer. 53 (1960): 416-22.

Cole, Frank R. and Evert I. Schlinger, "The Flies of Western North America"(1), (1969), pp 220-221.

MacAlpine et al, "Manual of Nearctic Diptera(2)", Vol. 1, (1981), pg 583.

Works Cited

1.	The Flies of Western North America By Frank R. Cole and Evert I. Schlinger

2.	Manual of Nearctic Diptera Volume 1 By Varies for each chapter; edited by J.F. McAlpine, B.V. Petersen, G.E. Shewell, H.J. Teskey, J.R. Vockeroth, D.M. Wood.

Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 9 January, 2006 - 12:13pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Hartmut Wisch, Aaron Schusteff
Last updated 12 August, 2011 - 12:37am

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