Species Opomyza petrei

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Remarks · Print References

Fly - brown, tan on grass - Opomyza petrei

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")

Superfamily Opomyzoidea

Family Opomyzidae

Genus Opomyza

Species petrei (Opomyza petrei)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Opomyza petrei Mesnil, 1934

Identification

Paler than O. germinationis, mostly yellow with a dark median stripe on the abdomen.

Abdomen with dark median stripe which tapers almost uniformly from anterior margin of tergite cwo to posteri,or margin of tergite four; male, apex of cercus with dense, short, stiff black setulae.

Range

Native to Europe, first collected in North America in 1948. Now widespread.

Remarks

Reported from Ohio by Foote as early as 1962 (Foote 1965).

Print References

Foote, B.A. 1965. First record of Opomyza petrei Mesnil in Eastern North America. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 67: 50.

Contributed by John F. Carr on 1 January, 2017 - 8:12pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Arturo Santos
Last updated 9 August, 2024 - 4:42pm

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