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Genus Thricops

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Calyptratae)
Superfamily Muscoidea
Family Muscidae (House Flies and kin)
Subfamily Azeliinae
Tribe Azeliini
Genus Thricops
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Trichopticus Bezzi & Stein, 1907
Genus revised in(1)
Explanation of Names
Thricops RĂ³ndani 1856
Numbers
~45 spp. total (Vikhrev 2013)
Range
holarctic (Vikhrev 2013)
Print References
Key to the species of Thricops (formerly Trichopticus):
Malloch (1921): A synopsis of the anthomyiid genus Trichopticus Rondani (Diptera). The Canadian Entomologist 52: 271-274. BHL
Works Cited
1.Revision of the genus Thricops Rondani (Diptera: Muscidae)
Savage J. 2003. Insect Systematics & Evolution Supplements 61: 1-143.