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Species Solva pallipes

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)
Infraorder Stratiomyomorpha
Family Xylomyidae
Genus Solva
Species pallipes (Solva pallipes)
Explanation of Names
Solva pallipes (Loew 1863)
Identification
Abdomen dark with narrow yellow bands; legs pale except for dark spot at hind knee; thorax dark with lateral yellow stripe
Range
e. Canada to Mexico; transcontinental in the US(1)
Habitat
Larvae under bark of cottonwood, Carolina poplar, osage orange, red mulberry (Webb 1984)
Works Cited
1.A catalog of the World Xylomyidae (Insecta: Diptera)
Woodley N.E. 2011. Myia 12: 417–453.