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Genus Eidalimus

Small black fly - Eidalimus henshawi - male Small black fly - Eidalimus henshawi - male Small black fly - Eidalimus henshawi - male Small black fly - Eidalimus henshawi - female Small black fly - Eidalimus henshawi - female Small black fly - Eidalimus henshawi - female Small black fly - Eidalimus henshawi - female Small black fly - Eidalimus henshawi - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)
Infraorder Stratiomyomorpha
Family Stratiomyidae (Soldier flies)
Subfamily Pachygastrinae
Genus Eidalimus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
may be polyphyletic(1); needs revision, some taxa of our fauna currently treated here may belong elsewhere
Explanation of Names
Eidalimus Kertesz 1914
Numbers
2 spp. in our area(2), 8 total(1)
Range
extreme so. Canada to Argentina(1)
Works Cited
1.Manual of Central American Diptera
Brian V. Brown et al. 2009. NRC Research Press.
2.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.