Genus Xylophagus

Classification · Identification · Print References

Large Fly laying eggs - Xylophagus reflectens - female

pointy-end underbark larvae - Xylophagus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

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

Infraorder Xylophagomorpha

Family Xylophagidae

Genus Xylophagus

Identification

From user Joe, Entomologist (in training):

Here's the key to Neartic species:

1a. Pedicel < 3X length of scape (2)

1b. Pedicel > 3X length of Scape (5)

2a. Frons/Occiput enitrely pruinose (3)

2b. Glossy band dorsal of antennae (4)

3a. Metacoxa w/ anteromedial tubercle; Northeast X. nitidis

3b. Metacoxa w/o anteromedial tubercle; West Coast to Alaska X. gracilis

4a. Sternopleuron/Hypopleuron glossy; Eastern X. lugens

4b. Sternopleuron/Hypopleuron w/ pruinosity; Widespread X. cinctus

5a. Frons/Occiput glossy; Boreal/Northeast/Colorado X. fulgidus

5b. Frons pruinose (6)

6a. Pedicel 1.5X ocellar distance; Eastern X. reflectens

6b. Pedicel < 1.5X ocellar distance; West Coast X. decorus

Print References

Webb, D. 1979. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 52:448-463

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 23 May, 2006 - 7:02pm
Additional contributions by Keith Bayless
Last updated 4 April, 2007 - 11:02pm

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