Species Stictomyia longicornis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Habitat · Works Cited

Small, spotted fly on cactus - Stictomyia longicornis

Stictomyia longicornis? - Stictomyia longicornis

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")

Superfamily Tephritoidea

Family Ulidiidae (Picture-winged Flies)

Subfamily Otitinae

Tribe Myennidini

Genus Stictomyia

Species longicornis (Stictomyia longicornis)

Explanation of Names

Stictomyia longicornis Bigot 1885

Range

sw. US (TX-CA, CO) / Mex. (1)(BG data)

Habitat

reared from rotting cacti (1)

Works Cited

1.	Myennidini, a new tribe of the subfamily Otitinae (Diptera: Ulidiidae), with discussion of the suprageneric classification... Kameneva E., Korneyev V. 2006. Isr. J. Entomol. 35-36: 497-586.

Contributed by Keith Bayless on 23 February, 2008 - 2:01pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 3 May, 2015 - 2:17pm

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