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Genus Nemotelus

Unknown fly - Nemotelus kansensis - female Nemotelus? - Nemotelus kansensis Nemotelus sp - Nemotelus Nemotelus male - Nemotelus albirostris - male Small fly - Nemotelus Nemotelus - Nemotelus kansensis - female Tiny fly with white abdomen - Nemotelus kansensis Shiny black fly on Ericameria nauseosa - Nemotelus
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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