Genus Townsendia

Classification · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Remarks · See Also

Townsendia nigra and penny - Townsendia nigra

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

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

Superfamily Asiloidea

Family Asilidae (Robber Flies)

Subfamily Stichopogoninae

Genus Townsendia

Numbers

Four proven species north of Mexico.

Size

5 to 6 mm.

Identification

Very tiny dark robbers like miniature Stichopogon and in the same tribe with those species.

Range

Several species in Florida and one of these ranges in the SE. One species in Texas.

Habitat

Usually sandy habitats. Stay very low to the ground perching on small plant tips.

Remarks

The smallest robbers around. Even smaller than Atomosia.

See Also

Stichopogon and Lasiopogon.

Contributed by Herschel Raney on 12 July, 2006 - 9:29pm

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