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obscura species group

Representative Images

Swamp fly - Minettia Fly - Minettia Unknown Fly - Minettia Fly - Minettia Blackish fly - Minettia Minettia? - Minettia Minettia Minettia shewelli - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily Lauxanioidea
Family Lauxaniidae
No Taxon (Minettia group)
Genus Minettia
No Taxon obscura species group

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Minettia (Frendelia)

Identification

The species group has dark body and dark halteres.

Remarks

One of the groups that require genitalic dissection to identify the species.
… Steve Gaimari
Contributed by John R. Maxwell on 18 July, 2008 - 6:33am
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum
Last updated 29 December, 2013 - 7:42pm

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