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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Gnats, Gall Midges, and March Flies (Bibionomorpha) » Minute Black Scavenger Flies (Scatopsidae) » Scatopsinae » Colobostematini » Colobostema » Colobostema varicorne

Species Colobostema varicorne

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera))
Infraorder Bibionomorpha (Gnats, Gall Midges, and March Flies)
Family Scatopsidae (Minute Black Scavenger Flies)
Subfamily Scatopsinae
Tribe Colobostematini
Genus Colobostema
Species varicorne (Colobostema varicorne)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Scatopse varicornis Coquillett, 1902
Scatopse tibialis McAtee, 1921
Explanation of Names
Named after the multicolored antenna of the female.
Identification
The only North American Colobostema with sharply contrasting black and white areas on tibiae.
Range
Eastern USA
Contributed by John F. Carr on 6 February, 2016 - 5:13pm

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