Genus Pipunculus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited

Big-headed Fly - Pipunculus houghi - female

Big-headed Fly - Pipunculus hertzogi - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Aschiza")

Family Pipunculidae (Big-headed flies)

Subfamily Pipunculinae

Genus Pipunculus

Explanation of Names

Pipunculus Latreille, 1802

Numbers

10 spp. in our area(1), ~70 total(2)

Range

predominantly Holarctic(2)

Works Cited

1.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.

2.	Skevington J. (2005-2008) Pipunculidae, big-headed flies (in The Tree of Life Web Project)

Contributed by Joe, Entomologist (in training) on 2 May, 2007 - 7:17pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, v belov
Last updated 5 February, 2024 - 8:45am

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