Genus Scoliocentra

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Works Cited

Scoliocentra tincta? - Scoliocentra tincta

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")

Superfamily Sphaeroceroidea

Family Heleomyzidae

Subfamily Heleomyzinae

Tribe Heleomyzini

Genus Scoliocentra

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

This page uses Scoliocentra sensu stricto.

In some classifications, Scoliocentra Loew also contains the species of Amoebaleria Garrett (in subgenera Gymnomus Loew and Chaetomus Czerny) and Woznicaia Koçak & Kemal (=Trichochlamys Czerny; in subgenus Trichochlamys Czerny), as well as a few species classified by Gill (1962) as Heleomyza Fallen (in subgenus Leriola Gorodkov).

Identification

3 species in Northern US and Canada. (1)

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 Keith Bayless on 5 February, 2008 - 1:15am
Additional contributions by Chris Angell
Last updated 19 December, 2022 - 12:51pm

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