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Genus Apteromyia

Sphaerocerid - Apteromyia claviventris - male Sphaerocerid - Apteromyia claviventris - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily Sphaeroceroidea
Family Sphaeroceridae (Lesser Dung Flies)
Subfamily Limosininae
Genus Apteromyia
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Apteromyia Vimmer, 1929
Explanation of Names
The name means "wingless fly". Vimmer described the genus from a specimen with broken-off wings.
Print References
Marshall, S. A. and J. R. Roháček. 1982. Two New Species and a New Nearctic Record in Genera Apteromyia and Nearcticorpus (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 75(6):642–648, https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/75.6.642