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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Gnats, Gall Midges, and March Flies (Bibionomorpha) » March Flies (Bibionidae) » Dilophus

Genus Dilophus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Remarks · Works Cited
Bibionid fly - Dilophus orbatus March Fly? Larger - Dilophus strigilatus - female Long necked / thin headed insect, he makes me laugh - Dilophus spinipes - female 9051023 Dilophis? - Dilophus stigmaterus - female march fly? - Dilophus spinipes March fly – Dilophus spinipes? - Dilophus spinipes - female Mating flies - Dilophus orbatus - male - female Dilophus? - Dilophus - female
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 Bibionidae (March Flies)
Genus Dilophus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Philia Meigen 1800 (suppressed)
Explanation of Names
Dilophus Meigen 1803
'with two crests'
Numbers
18 spp. in our area, >200 spp. total(1)
Identification
rings of spines on protibia
two rows of spines anteriorly on the thorax (better developed in females)
key to spp. in (2) (as Philia)
Range
worldwide, but by far most diverse in the Neotropics(1)
Remarks
in some species the sexes are quite different in form and color, the female often brownish or red, the males black(3)
Works Cited
1.Evolution and classification of Bibionidae (Diptera: Bibionomorpha)
Fitzgerald S.J. 2005. Ph.D. Thesis, Oregon State U. 385 pp.
2.Revision of Nearctic Bibionidae including Neotropical Plecia and Penthetria (Diptera)
Hardy D.E. 1945. University of Kansas Science Bulletin 30(15): 367-555.
3.The Flies of Western North America
Frank R. Cole and Evert I. Schlinger. 1969. University of California Press.
Contributed by Joel Kits on 11 March, 2005 - 9:56pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Matthias Buck, Bbarnd, Aaron Schusteff, Vox Sciurorum, kschnei, v belov
Last updated 6 June, 2023 - 7:37pm

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