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Genus Homalocephala

Homalocephala - female Weird Fly - Homalocephala Weird Fly - Homalocephala Homalocephala apicalis - Homalocephala Homalocephala apicalis - Homalocephala Homalocephala apicalis - Homalocephala Acalyptratae found on aspen - Homalocephala Acalyptratae found on aspen - Homalocephala
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily Tephritoidea
Family Ulidiidae (Picture-winged Flies)
Subfamily Ulidiinae
Tribe Seiopterini
Genus Homalocephala
Explanation of Names
Homalocephala Zetterstedt 1839
Numbers
4 spp. in our area(1)
Range
holarctic genus(2); in our area, northern and montane(1)
Habitat
pine and mixed forests; larvae under bark of fallen trees(2)
Works Cited
1.Manual of Nearctic Diptera Volume 2
Varies for each chapter; edited by J.F. McAlpine, B.V. Petersen, G.E. Shewell, H.J. Teskey, J.R. Vockeroth, D.M. Wood. 1987. Research Branch Agriculture Canada.
2.Myennidini, a new tribe of the subfamily Otitinae (Diptera: Ulidiidae), with discussion of the suprageneric classification...
Kameneva E., Korneyev V. 2006. Isr. J. Entomol. 35-36: 497-586.