Genus Nemotelus

6008737 Nemotelus - Nemotelus kansensis - female

Nemotelus kansensis female? - Nemotelus kansensis - female

A male N. kansensis with all-white abdomen from central NM - Nemotelus kansensis - male

Nemotelus nigrinus - Nemotelus bruesii - male

A male Nemotelus communis? - Nemotelus - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)

Infraorder Stratiomyomorpha

Family Stratiomyidae (Soldier flies)

Subfamily Nemotelinae

Genus Nemotelus

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Akronia Hine 1901

Explanation of Names

Nemotelus Geoffroy 1762

Numbers

2 subgenera, with 38 spp. in our area(1) and >180 spp. total(2)

Remarks

Males have holoptic eyes and more white on the abdomen than females

Works Cited

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

2.	A world catalog of the Stratiomyidae (Insecta: Diptera) Woodley N.E. 2001. North American Dipterists' Society. Washington, DC. 475 pp.

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 19 February, 2005 - 7:52pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 20 February, 2018 - 6:06pm

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