Genus Ogcodes

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Print References · Works Cited

small-headed fly - Ogcodes dispar - male - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

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

Superfamily Nemestrinoidea

Family Acroceridae (Small-headed Flies)

Genus Ogcodes

Numbers

17 described species in North America north of Mexico in 2 subgenera (Schlinger 1981).

Identification

Antenna just above mouthparts, flagellum short and rod-like with 1-6 apical setae, tibia not produced apically, eyes holoptic, postpronota not forming shield over scutum (Schlinger 1981).

Print References

Schlinger, E. I. 1981. 43. Acroceridae. Manual of Nearct. Dipt. 1:575-584. (1)

Works Cited

1.	Manual of Neactic Diptera Volume 1 By Varies for each chapter; edited by J.F. McAlpine, B.V. Petersen, G.E. Shewell, H.J. Teskey, J.R. Vockeroth, D.M. Wood.

Contributed by Keith Bayless on 15 February, 2007 - 12:36am
Last updated 17 February, 2008 - 11:25pm

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