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Genus Ectecephala

Chloropidae, Ectecephala sp. - Ectecephala albistylum Chloropidae, Ectecephala sp. - Ectecephala albistylum Tiny red/orange fly - Ectecephala Small, brown fly - Ectecephala Frit Fly? - Ectecephala Psilidae? - Ectecephala Psilidae? - Ectecephala Chloropinae - 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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