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Genus Omomyia

Fly 13 - Omomyia regularis Fly 13 - Omomyia regularis Tiny Fly - Omomyia regularis Desert fly - Omomyia regularis - female Desert fly - Omomyia regularis Diptera - Omomyia hirsuta Diptera - Omomyia hirsuta Diptera - Omomyia hirsuta
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily Tephritoidea
Family Richardiidae
Genus Omomyia
Numbers
3 sp. in our area(1)
Identification
Key to species in(2)
Range
sw. US (NM-CA)(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.
2.The Genera of the Family Thyreophoridae and the Species of the Genus Omomyia, with One New Species (Diptera)
George C. Steyskal. 1973. Annals of the Entomological Society of America.