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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Species Phytomyptera tarsalis

Phytomyptera tarsalis - female Phytomyptera tarsalis - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Calyptratae)
Superfamily Oestroidea
Family Tachinidae (Parasitic Flies)
Subfamily Tachininae
Tribe Graphogastrini
Genus Phytomyptera
Species tarsalis (Phytomyptera tarsalis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Clausicella tarsalis Coquillett, 1895
Phytomyptera tarsalis
Explanation of Names
The female has broad fore tarsi.
Range
Northeast USA and adjacent Canada