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Genus Cyamops

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")

Superfamily Opomyzoidea

Family Periscelididae

Genus Cyamops

Explanation of Names

Cyamops Melander 1913

Numbers

3 spp. in our area, >30 total (Mathis & Sueyoshi 2011)

Range

Much of the world, most diverse in Australasia (Mathis & Sueyoshi 2011); in our area, eastern

Remarks

The genus Cyamops may be considered part of family Aulacigastridae, Periscelididae, or Stenomicridae.

Print References

Baptista A.R., Mathis W.N. (1994) A revision of New World Cyamops Melander (Diptera, Periscelididae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 563: 1-28.

Baptista A.R., Mathis W.N. (2000) Notes on the genus Cyamops Melander (Diptera: Periscelididae), including descriptions of ten new species. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 102(3): 481-506

Contributed by John F. Carr on 25 September, 2014 - 9:13pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 28 June, 2015 - 4:28pm

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