Genus Traginops

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Print References · Works Cited

Rotting tree dweller 12 (fly) - Traginops irroratus

Rotting Tree Dweller Fly - Traginops irroratus - Traginops irroratus

Unidentified Tephritoid - Traginops irroratus

Odiniidae - Traginops irroratus? - Traginops irroratus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")

Superfamily Opomyzoidea

Family Odiniidae

Genus Traginops

Explanation of Names

Traginops Coquillett 1900

Numbers

2 described spp. in N. America(1)

Identification

Distinctively patterned wing, setulose scutellar disc, prominent ocellar plate, C extends to M1. (1)

Range

QC-ON to FL-NM(2)

Print References

Steyskal G.C. (1963) A second North American species of Traginops Coquillet. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 65: 51-54.

Works Cited

1.	Manual of Nearctic Diptera Volume 2 Varies for each chapter; edited by J.F. McAlpine, B.V. Petersen, G.E. Shewell, H.J. Teskey, J.R. Vockeroth, D.M. Wood. 1987. Research Branch Agriculture Canada.

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

Contributed by Keith Bayless on 21 February, 2007 - 9:44pm
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Last updated 5 April, 2018 - 4:19pm

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