Genus Coniceps

Classification · Numbers · Range · Print References · Works Cited

weird blue kansan fly - Coniceps niger - female

Richardiidae, good looking fly, dorsal - Coniceps niger

Richardiidae, good looking fly, lateral - Coniceps niger

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")

Superfamily Tephritoidea

Family Richardiidae

Genus Coniceps

Numbers

A single species in our area(1)

Range

SD-TX(2)

Print References

Wendt, Lisiane Dilli and Rosaly Ale-Rocha. 2012. Redescription of the genus Coniceps Loew, 1873 (Diptera, Richardiidae). Zootaxa 3238:49-56

Works Cited

1.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.

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.

Contributed by Keith Bayless on 19 August, 2008 - 11:29pm
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 4 June, 2024 - 4:32pm

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