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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Empidoidea » Dance Flies (Empididae) » Empidinae » Rhamphomyia » subgenus Megacyttarus (Rhamphomyia subgenus Megacyttarus)

subgenus Megacyttarus

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Riverbank fly - Rhamphomyia - female Small April fly at the bug light - Rhamphomyia - female dance fly - Rhamphomyia - female Empid - Rhamphomyia - female Empid - Rhamphomyia - female Empidid fly - Rhamphomyia - female Dance Fly - Rhamphomyia - female Dance Fly - Rhamphomyia - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)
Superfamily Empidoidea
Family Empididae (Dance Flies)
Subfamily Empidinae
Genus Rhamphomyia
No Taxon subgenus Megacyttarus
Identification
Females typically have a very enlarged discal cell.
Print References
Barták, M. 2002. Nearctic species of Rhamphomyia subgenus Megacyttarus (Diptera: Empididae). Acta Universitatis Carolinae Biologica 46: 3-215.
Contributed by Keith Bayless on 8 July, 2009 - 4:06pm
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum, JBrown
Last updated 11 March, 2021 - 9:39am

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