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Genus Gymnophora

Phorid - Gymnophora luteiventris - female

Diptera. Empididae ? - Gymnophora - male - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Aschiza")

Superfamily Platypezoidea

Family Phoridae (Scuttle Flies)

Subfamily Metopininae

Genus Gymnophora

Explanation of Names

Gymnophora Macquart 1835

Numbers

3 spp. in our area(1), >50 spp. total (Mostovski & Mikhailovskaya 2003)

Identification

Few bristles

Range

Holarctic & Oriental (Mostovski & Mikhailovskaya 2003)

Works Cited

1.	Manual of Nearctic Diptera Volume 2 Varies for each chapter; edited by J.F. McAlpine, B.V. Petersen, G.E. Shewell, H.J. Teskey, J.R. Vockeroth, D.M. Wood. 1987. Research Branch Agriculture Canada.

Contributed by Matthias Buck on 29 July, 2007 - 6:50pm
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 15 December, 2014 - 1:30pm

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