Species Brachydeutera argentata

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · See Also · Print References · Works Cited

Unknown Diptera - Brachydeutera argentata

Small, Brown Fly - Brachydeutera argentata

Hydrophorinae? - Brachydeutera argentata

Brachydeutera argentata from Nebraska - Brachydeutera argentata

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

Genus Brachydeutera

Species argentata (Brachydeutera argentata)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Brachydeutera argentata (Walker 1853)

Range

California to Ontario and Florida(1) - but see also Mathis and Steiner 1986, who give range of argentata as "eastern North America, Michigan to Maine, south to Texas and Florida" (2)

See Also

Care should be taken to differentiate from B. meridionalis, a globally widespread species not yet formally recorded in North America. It is distinguished by the lighter coloration of the abdominal dorsum and genitalia.

Print References

Mathis, Wayne Neilsen, Zatwarnicki, Tadeusz, Stuke, Jens-Hermann, and Deeming, John C. 2017. "Order Diptera, family Ephydridae A conspectus on shore-flies from the United Arab Emirates." In Arthropod fauna of the United Arab Emirates. van Harten, Antonius, editor. 636–761. Abu Dhabi: Department of President's Affairs. 6

Works Cited

1.	Thompson F.C., Pape T., Evenhuis N.L. (2013) Systema Dipterorum, Version 1.5

2.	An adventive species of Brachydeutera Loew in North America (Diptera: Ephydridae) Mathis, W.N. and W.E. Steiner, Jr. 1986. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 94 (1): 56-61.

Contributed by Brad Barnd on 5 October, 2012 - 5:59pm
Additional contributions by kschnei, v belov, Arturo Santos
Last updated 29 September, 2023 - 7:20pm

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