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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
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Apsilocephala
Genus
Apsilocephala
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia (Animals)
Phylum
Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum
Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class
Insecta (Insects)
Order
Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon
(Orthorrhapha)
Superfamily
Asiloidea
Family
Apsilocephalidae
Genus
Apsilocephala
Numbers
a single described + several undescribed species (S.D. Gaimari, pers. comm. to =v= 31.x.2011)
Range
sw. US
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1
)
Habitat
deserts
Works Cited
1.
Manual of Nearctic Diptera Volume 1
Varies for each chapter; edited by J.F. McAlpine, B.V. Petersen, G.E. Shewell, H.J. Teskey, J.R. Vockeroth, D.M. Wood. 1981. Research Branch Agriculture Canada.
Contributed by
Martin Hauser
on 26 April, 2008 - 9:23am
Additional contributions by
v belov
Last updated 31 October, 2011 - 5:10pm