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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Small-headed Flies (Acroceridae) » Acrocera » Acrocera melanderi

Species Acrocera melanderi

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
Acrocerid - Acrocera melanderi - male Acrocera sp. - Acrocera melanderi - female Acrocera sp. - Acrocera melanderi - female Acrocera sp.? - Acrocera melanderi - female Acrocera sp.? - Acrocera melanderi - female acrocerid - Acrocera melanderi - female acrocerid - Acrocera melanderi - female acrocerid - Acrocera melanderi - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)
Family Acroceridae (Small-headed Flies)
Genus Acrocera
Species melanderi (Acrocera melanderi)
Explanation of Names
Acrocera bulla of authors, not Westwood
  Acrocera bulla Johnson, 1915
  Acrocer bulla var. melanderi Cole, 1919
Acrocera steyskali Sabrosky 1944
Range
Transcontinental (ME-AB-WA to GA-TX-CA)(1)
Remarks
Descriptions and/or discussions can be found in Johnson(1915), Cole[cite:1029610,54](1919), Sabrosky(2)(1944), and Sabrosky(3)(1948).
Print References
Johnson, Charles W. (1915). Note on the Species of the Genus Acrocera. Psyche 22(6): 198-203 (Full Text)
Works Cited
1.Thompson F.C., Pape T., Evenhuis N.L. (2013) Systema Dipterorum, Version 1.5
2.A revision of the American spider parasites of the genera Ogcodes and Acrocera (Diptera, Acroceridae)
Sabrosky C.W. 1944. Am. Midl. Nat. 31: 385-413.
3.A further contribution to the classification of the North American spider parasites of the family Acroceratidae (Diptera)
Sabrosky C.W. 1948. Am. Midl. Nat. 39: 382‒430.
Contributed by Jeff Gruber on 19 August, 2009 - 12:29pm
Additional contributions by Aaron Schusteff, v belov
Last updated 16 September, 2015 - 8:45am

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