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Genus Actina

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Soldier Fly - Sargus? - Actina viridis - female Fly - Actina viridis - female Fly - Actina viridis Soldier Fly or Syrphid? - Actina viridis Stratiomyidae, lateral - Actina viridis - male Not sure where to start with this one - Actina viridis - male Fly? - Actina viridis soldier fly with metallic green thorax - Actina viridis - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)
Infraorder Stratiomyomorpha
Family Stratiomyidae (Soldier flies)
Subfamily Beridinae
Genus Actina

Explanation of Names

Actina Meigen 1804

Numbers

a single species in our area(1), 16 spp. total(2)

Works Cited

1.A review of the Nearctic Beridinae (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)
M.T. James. 1939. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 32: 543-548.
2.A world catalog of the Stratiomyidae (Insecta: Diptera)
Woodley N.E. 2001. North American Dipterists' Society. Washington, DC. 475 pp.
Contributed by Keith Bayless on 25 February, 2008 - 10:20pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, v belov
Last updated 7 March, 2013 - 1:19pm

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