Subfamily Delininae

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Remarks · Works Cited

leaf mine on Helleborine orchid - Leptopa vittata

Fly among the cedars along the river - Peratomyia vittata

Leaf mine in Goodyera pubescens - Leptopa vittata

Scathophagidae, frontal - Americina adusta

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon (Calyptratae)

Superfamily Muscoidea

Family Scathophagidae (Dung Flies)

Subfamily Delininae

Explanation of Names

Delininae Robineau-Desvoidy 1830

Numbers

33 spp. in 10 genera total(1)

Identification

Upper part of proepisternum usually without fine hairs (except Americina adusta). "[T]ergite 6 of the male bare and fused with syntergosternite 7 + 8" (MND vol 2, pg. 1087).

Remarks

Larvae mine leaves of Liliaceae, Orchidaceae, and Commelinaceae(2)

Works Cited

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

2.	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.

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 18 February, 2015 - 10:19am
Additional contributions by v belov, Chris Angell
Last updated 3 October, 2024 - 11:07am

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