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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Tephritoidea » Signal Flies (Platystomatidae) » Rivellia

Genus Rivellia

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Habitat · Life Cycle · Works Cited
Fly ID Request - Rivellia Fly 2 - Rivellia Strange Wings - Rivellia Signaling fly - Rivellia Unknown fruit fly - Rivellia Signal fly - Rivellia two flies mating - Picture-wing flies? - Rivellia - male - female Rivellia wulpiana? - Rivellia wulpiana
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily Tephritoidea
Family Platystomatidae (Signal Flies)
Genus Rivellia
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
revised in(1)
Explanation of Names
Rivellia Robineau-Desvoidy 1830
Numbers
34 spp. in our area, ~150 total(2)(3)
Identification
Wave wings. Often difficult to identify from photographs. To increase the chance of ID, we need a clear, crisp view of the dorsal thorax (to see whether certain setae are present or absent), wing, and legs (to see the color pattern).
Range
Worldwide, incl. most of the Americas(2)
Habitat
on foliage, feces
Life Cycle
R. quadrifasciata lays eggs on leguminous plants; larvae bore into root nodules.
Works Cited
1.A revision of the flies of the genus Rivellia (Otiidae, Diptera) of America north of Mexico
Ryoji Namba. 1956. United States National Museum.
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.
3.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
Contributed by Cotinis on 25 May, 2005 - 12:23pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Robin McLeod, Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, Aaron Schusteff, v belov
Last updated 30 May, 2023 - 6:48pm

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