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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Sphaeroceroidea » Lesser Dung Flies (Sphaeroceridae) » Limosininae » Spelobia » Spelobia ochripes

Species Spelobia ochripes

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Works Cited
Sphaerocerid - S. ochripes - Spelobia ochripes fly - Spelobia ochripes New Genus - Eulimosina ochripes - Spelobia ochripes - male New Genus - Eulimosina ochripes - Spelobia ochripes - male New Genus - Eulimosina ochripes - Spelobia ochripes - male Sphaerocerid - Spelobia ochripes Sphaeroceridae Alberta - Spelobia ochripes Sphaeroceridae Alberta - Spelobia ochripes
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 Spelobia
Species ochripes (Spelobia ochripes)
Explanation of Names
Spelobia ochripes (Meigen 1830)
Range
native to, and widespread in the Palaearctic, adventive in NA (Canada, n. US) (map)(1)(2)(3)
Works Cited
1.Nearctic Diptera (Discover Life's IDnature guide)
2.de Jong Y.S.D.M. et al. (2014) Fauna Europaea - all European animal species on the web. Biodiversity Data Journal 2: e4034.
3.Insects: Their Natural History And Diversity: With a Photographic Guide to Insects of Eastern North America
Stephen A. Marshall. 2006. Firefly Books Ltd.
Contributed by v belov on 17 April, 2009 - 9:44pm
Last updated 18 May, 2017 - 8:24am

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