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Genus Neogriphoneura

Neogriphoneura sordida Fly - Neogriphoneura sordida Fruit fly ID - Neogriphoneura Neogriphoneura - Neogriphoneura sordida Diptera - Neogriphoneura sordida Lauxaniidae - Neogriphoneura Vinegar Flies - Dorsal  - Neogriphoneura Unknown Fly - Neogriphoneura
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily Lauxanioidea
Family Lauxaniidae
Genus Neogriphoneura
Explanation of Names
Neogriphoneura Malloch 1924
Range
Southeast USA; widespread in tropics
Remarks
Three species have been recorded from the United States:
* Neogriphoneura sordida, in most of the Southeast, has an unmarked or nearly unmarked frons
* Neogriphoneura striatifrons and N. striga, known from Florida, have a prominent longitudinal stripe on the frons.