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Genus Lasiosina

Chloropidae, brachypterous, lateral - Lasiosina

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")

Superfamily Carnoidea

Family Chloropidae (Frit Flies)

Subfamily Chloropinae (Grass Flies)

Genus Lasiosina

Explanation of Names

Lasiosina Becker 1910

Numbers

3 spp.(1)

Identification

metafemur not enlarged, no hairs on ocellar triangle, scutellum not flattened, scutum without wart-like tubercles, three pairs of fronto-orbitals, strong ocellar setae, cruciate postocellar setae, ocellar triangle long and narrow(1)

Range

Canada & n. US(1)

Remarks

At least one species, L. canadensis, has a brachypterous variant

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 10 February, 2008 - 3:17am
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 23 May, 2012 - 12:36pm

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