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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Gnats, Gall Midges, and March Flies (Bibionomorpha) » Wood Gnats (Anisopodidae) » Anisopodinae » Olbiogaster

Genus Olbiogaster

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Habitat · Print References · Works Cited
Olbiogaster - male Olbiogaster Diptera - Olbiogaster wood gnat larva - Olbiogaster wood gnat larva - Olbiogaster wood gnat larva - Olbiogaster Mycetophilid? - Olbiogaster Mycetophilid? - Olbiogaster
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera))
Infraorder Bibionomorpha (Gnats, Gall Midges, and March Flies)
Family Anisopodidae (Wood Gnats)
Subfamily Anisopodinae
Genus Olbiogaster
Explanation of Names
Olbiogaster Osten Sacken 1886
Numbers
large genus, but only 3 Nearctic spp.
O. sackeni: Mexico; Tex., Fla., S.C.
O. taeniata: Mexico; Tex., Fla.
O. texana: Texas
Size
8-9 mm (BG data)
Range
TX (+?) (BG data); apparently "Southern US" according to the Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Vol.1
Habitat
usually found in moist places on foliage (1)
Print References
Edwards, F.W. 1915. Three new species of the dipterous genus Olbiogaster, O.-S., in the British Museum Collection. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8) 16: 502-505.
Edwards, F. W. 1928. Diptera. Fam. Protorhyphidae, Anisopodidae, Pachyneuridae, Trichoceridae. Fascicle 190, Pages 1-41, Plates l-2 in P. Wytsman, ed. Genera insectorum. Bruxelles.
Lane, J. & Andretta, C. d' 1958. Neotropical Anisopodidae (Diptera. Nematocera). Studia Entomologica (n. s.) 1: 497-528.
Tozoni, S.H.S. 1993. Revision of the genus Olbiogaster Osten-Sacken (Diptera: Anisopodoidea: Olbiogastridae). I. Description of 13 new species, taxonomical notes, and a key to the Neotropical species. Revista Nordestina de Biologia 8(2): 119–142.
Works Cited
1.Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects
Norman F. Johnson, Charles A. Triplehorn. 2004. Brooks Cole.
Contributed by Keith Bayless on 14 September, 2008 - 6:34pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Matt Bertone, Arturo Santos
Last updated 26 March, 2023 - 2:51pm

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