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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Empidoidea » Longlegged Flies (Dolichopodidae) » Medeterinae » Thrypticus » Thrypticus violaceus

Species Thrypticus violaceus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Remarks · Works Cited
Fly emerging from Tridens flavus stems - Thrypticus violaceus - male Fly emerging from Tridens flavus stems - Thrypticus violaceus Thrypticus violaceus - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)
Superfamily Empidoidea
Family Dolichopodidae (Longlegged Flies)
Subfamily Medeterinae
Genus Thrypticus
Species violaceus (Thrypticus violaceus)
Explanation of Names
Author: Van Duzee, 1927
Remarks
The species name presumably refers to a violet color, but Robinson (1964) warned "I have ignored all references to violet versus green color of the face, front, or body. Observing fresh specimens I have seen initial green color of such parts become violet as drying and distortion occur."(1)
Works Cited
1.A Synopsis of the Dolichopodidae of the Southeastern United States and Adjacent Regions
Harold Robinson. 1964. Entomological Society of America.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 13 July, 2016 - 3:07pm
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum
Last updated 29 October, 2016 - 6:50pm

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