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Genus Hoplodictya

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BG1541 D2505 - Hoplodictya BG1541 D2505 - Hoplodictya BG1541 D2505 - Hoplodictya Tetanocerini sp. - Hoplodictya Sciomyzid - Hoplodictya Hoplodictya from Fort Worth, TX - Hoplodictya Hoplodictya from Fort Worth, TX - Hoplodictya Diptera - Hoplodictya

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily Sciomyzoidea
Family Sciomyzidae (Marsh Flies, Snail-killing Flies)
Tribe Tetanocerini
Genus Hoplodictya

Explanation of Names

Hoplodictya Cresson 1920

Numbers

5 spp. in our area(1)

Identification

Face without black spot, two orbital setae, anepisternum and anepimeron with macrosetae, vallar setae absent, ocellar setae present, prosternal seta absent(1)

Range

Throughout the US and so. 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 28 March, 2008 - 3:44pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 26 March, 2018 - 9:25pm

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