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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Lauxanioidea » Lauxaniidae » Xenochaetina

Genus Xenochaetina

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Remarks
A fly for ID. - Xenochaetina Fly - Xenochaetina Black Fly - Xenochaetina tiny fly on Rubus - Xenochaetina small dark fly with very red eyes - Xenochaetina Fly - Xenochaetina ? - Xenochaetina lauxaniid - Xenochaetina
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily Lauxanioidea
Family Lauxaniidae
Genus Xenochaetina
Explanation of Names
Xenochaetina Malloch 1923
'out-of-place bristles', likely refers to the bristles at the base of Rs
Identification
Shining black, similar to Calliopum, but lacks a presutural dorsocentral bristle and has very small hairs on the base of wing vein Rs.
Remarks
Although only one species is recorded from North America, the true number of species and their names are uncertain.
Contributed by Martin Hauser on 30 March, 2007 - 4:36pm
Additional contributions by Keith Bayless, Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 21 January, 2015 - 7:12pm

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