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Genus Cryptochetum

diptera: cryptochetidae - from Alameda, California - Cryptochetum iceryae

cottony cushion scale parasite? - Cryptochetum iceryae - male - female

Mystery fly - acalyptrate? Maybe a chloropid? - Cryptochetum iceryae

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")

Superfamily Ephydroidea

Family Cryptochetidae (Scale Parasite Flies)

Genus Cryptochetum

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Cryptochetum Rondani 1875

The name has also been spelled Cryptochoetum (by Rondani himself) and Cryptochaetum (frequently).

Explanation of Names

'hidden hair' (refers to the reduced/absent arista)

Numbers

A single (introduced) species in our area, ~30 spp. total

Range

Native to Old World, with most species in tropical Africa and only three in Europe.

Food

hosts: giant scale insects (Monophlebidae)

Contributed by John F. Carr on 6 October, 2014 - 9:00pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 19 March, 2016 - 7:42am

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