Genus Ectecephala

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Works Cited

Chloropidae, Ectecephala sp. - Ectecephala albistylum

Chloropidae, Ectecephala sp. (wings) - Ectecephala albistylum

Grass Fly near Ectecephala - Ectecephala

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")

Superfamily Carnoidea

Family Chloropidae (Frit Flies)

Subfamily Chloropinae (Grass Flies)

Genus Ectecephala

Explanation of Names

Ectecephala Macquart 1851

Numbers

5 sp. in our area(1)

Identification

Key in Sabrosky (1941) only includes 4 of 5 species as E. unicolor was considered a part of Chlorops at the time of publishing, but its characteristics are mentioned at the end of the paper.(1)

Works Cited

1.	The Genus Ectecphala In North America (Diptera: Chloropidae) Curtis W. Sabrosky. 1941. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington.

Contributed by Keith Bayless on 25 February, 2009 - 12:55am
Additional contributions by v belov, Spencer_pote
Last updated 3 February, 2020 - 12:34pm

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