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Genus Ceratobarys

early pretty chloropid - Ceratobarys eulophus - female early pretty chloropid - Ceratobarys eulophus - female Unknown Diptera - Ceratobarys eulophus Fly - Ceratobarys eulophus Fly - Ceratobarys eulophus Fly - Ceratobarys eulophus Bryce Creek leaf miner on Sagittaria lancifolia D3837 adult species 2 2022 2 - Ceratobarys eulophus Bryce Creek leaf miner on Sagittaria lancifolia D3837 adult species 2 2022 3 - Ceratobarys eulophus
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 Oscinellinae
Genus Ceratobarys
Numbers
2 sp. in our area, majority of genus in Neotropical region.(1)
Identification
C extends to M1; fronto-orbital setae short, hairlike; hind tibia with curved apical spur; scutellum trapezoidal with scutellar setae widely separated; arista broad and flat; first flagellomere produced. (2)
"Oscinellinae with a trapezoidal scutellum with 2 small tubercles, first flagellomere elongated dorsally, and thick arista."(1)
Range
Southeastern U.S.
Works Cited
1.Phylogeny and revised classification of the tribe Elachipterini (Diptera: Chloropidae)
Julia J. Mlynarek & Terry A. Wheeler. 2018. Zootaxa.
2.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.