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Genus Cyphomyia

Stratiomyid - Cyphomyia erecta - female Stratiomyid - Cyphomyia erecta - female black fly or wasp - Cyphomyia erecta - female Flying insect-horizontal lines across eyes - Cyphomyia erecta - female Fly - Cyphomyia erecta - male Cyphomyia - Cyphomyia erecta Male, Cyphomyia erecta? - Cyphomyia erecta - male Cyphomyia - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)
Infraorder Stratiomyomorpha
Family Stratiomyidae (Soldier flies)
Subfamily Clitellariinae
Genus Cyphomyia
Explanation of Names
Cyphomyia Wiedemann 1819
Numbers
2 spp. in our area per (1) (3 spp. in the Guide), ~90 total
Range
in our area, sw. US(1)
Works Cited
1.Manual of Nearctic Diptera Volume 1
Varies for each chapter; edited by J.F. McAlpine, B.V. Petersen, G.E. Shewell, H.J. Teskey, J.R. Vockeroth, D.M. Wood. 1981. Research Branch Agriculture Canada.