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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Xylophagidae » Xylophagus » Subgenus Xylophagus (Xylophagus Subgenus Xylophagus) » Xylophagus lugens

Species Xylophagus lugens

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)
Family Xylophagidae
Genus Xylophagus
No Taxon (Subgenus Xylophagus)
Species lugens (Xylophagus lugens)
Explanation of Names
Xylophagus lugens Loew 1863
Range
e. NA (NB-GA to ON-MN-IA)(1)
Works Cited
1.A catalog of the World Xylophagidae (Insecta: Diptera)
Woodley N.E. 2011. Myia 12: 455–500.
Contributed by Keith Bayless on 4 April, 2007 - 10:16pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 8 March, 2013 - 7:15pm

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