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Genus Coniceps

weird blue kansan fly - Coniceps niger - female weird blue kansan fly - Coniceps niger - female Richardiidae - Coniceps niger - female Richardiid - Coniceps niger - female Richardiid - Coniceps niger - male Richardiidae, good looking fly, dorsal - Coniceps niger Richardiidae, good looking fly, lateral - Coniceps niger Richardiidae, head, 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
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Last updated 4 June, 2024 - 4:32pm

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