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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Ephydroidea » Shore Flies (Ephydridae) » Ephydrinae » Ephydrini » Cirrula » Cirrula austrina

Species Cirrula austrina

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Habitat · Print References · Works Cited
Cirrula austrina - male Cirrula austrina - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily Ephydroidea
Family Ephydridae (Shore Flies)
Subfamily Ephydrinae
Tribe Ephydrini
Genus Cirrula
Species austrina (Cirrula austrina)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cirrula austrina (Coquillett, 1900)
Identification
Two fronto-orbital bristles present, one presutural dorsocentral bristle present, one pair of cruciate interfrontal bristles present, arista longer in length than antennal segments 1-3 combined, prescutellar acrostichal bristles reduced or absent, males with tufts of long hairs on hind tarsomeres, and males with slender fore tarsi (Mathis & Marinoni, 2016). (1)
Larvae have eight pairs of well-developed prolegs and the third-instar larva also has a dark transverse strap at the anteroventral margin of segment three that is about 10 times as wide as long. Third segment is without posterior projection. (1)
Range
Coastal U.S. south into Central America, both east and west coasts. (1)
Habitat
Found in or on mats of filamentous algae in salt marshes, in which the larvae feed on microorganisms. (1)
Print References
Mathis, WN., and Marinoni, L. (2016). Revision of Ephydrini Zetterstedt (Diptera: Ephydridae) from the Americas south of the United States. Zootaxa 4116(1): 1-110. Link
Works Cited
1.Studies of Ephydrinae (Diptera: Ephydridae), V: The genera Cirrula Cresson and Dimecoenia Cresson in North America
Mathis, W.N. and K.W. Simpson. 1981. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 329: 1-51.
Contributed by Brad Barnd on 26 January, 2012 - 10:40pm
Additional contributions by Arturo Santos
Last updated 6 May, 2020 - 2:06pm

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