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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Flesh Flies (Sarcophagidae) » Satellite Flies (Miltogramminae) » Sphenometopa » Sphenometopa tergata

Species Sphenometopa tergata

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range
Satellite Fly at Rest - Sphenometopa tergata fly - Sphenometopa tergata - male Male, Fly - Sphenometopa tergata - male Male, Fly - Sphenometopa tergata - male Small Alleyfly - Sphenometopa tergata - male Satellite Fly - Sphenometopa tergata - male fly - Sphenometopa tergata fly - Sphenometopa tergata
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Calyptratae)
Superfamily Oestroidea
Family Sarcophagidae (Flesh Flies)
Subfamily Miltogramminae (Satellite Flies)
Genus Sphenometopa
Species tergata (Sphenometopa tergata)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Araba tergata Coquillett, 1895
Identification
Strong bristles on facial ridge with weak row of hairs on parafacial. Male with broad, silvery frons and two small proclinate orbital bristles.
Range
Widespread in North America (Yukon to Mexico)
Contributed by John F. Carr on 21 May, 2018 - 8:01pm

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