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Genus Renocera

Marsh Fly - Tetanocera? - Renocera cressoni Marsh Fly - Tetanocera? - Renocera cressoni Marsh Fly - Tetanocera? - Renocera cressoni
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 Renocera
Explanation of Names
Renocera Hendel 1900
Numbers
4 spp., all in our area(1)
Identification
Similar to Tetanocera, but pedicel <⅓ the length of flagellomere 1

Revision in (2)
Range
so. Canada & n. US(3)
Works Cited
1.Sciomyzidae of northeastern North America
Schorno S., Marshall S.A., Murphy W.L., Muzzatti M. 2019. Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification 35: 1-331.
2.Revision of Clam-Killing Flies of the Genus Renocera Hendel (Diptera: Sciomyzidae), with Emphasis on Species in the Nearctic...
Murphy, William L., Mathis, Wayne N., and Knutson, Lloyd V. 2024. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 125 (3): 326-405.
3.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.