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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Tephritoidea » Flutter Flies (Pallopteridae) » Toxonevra

Genus Toxonevra

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References
Flutter Fly - Toxonevra superba Drosophila? - Toxonevra superba Flutter Fly - Toxonevra superba Toxonevra sp. - Toxonevra ?Toxonevra superba? - Toxonevra superba Flutter Fly - Toxonevra superba Fly One of Two - Toxonevra superba? - Toxonevra superba Fly Two of Two - Toxonevra superba? - Toxonevra superba
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily Tephritoidea
Family Pallopteridae (Flutter Flies)
Genus Toxonevra
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Toxoneura
often treated as a synonym Palloptera
Explanation of Names
Toxonevra Macquart 1835
Greek toxo 'bow' + nevra 'vein, cord' (refers to wing venation)
Numbers
The most common genus in this family in NA, with 4 spp. (listed under Palloptera in some sources)
Size
body 4-6 mm
Identification
Wings usually conspicuously longer than abdomen and with dark markings; proboscis short and thick; ovipositor with a non-retractile sheath
Range
Throughout NA
Remarks
The common eastern species is T. superba; the common boreal species, T. jucunda
See Also
The wing patterns may be somewhat similar to a species in family Lauxaniidae.
Camptoprosopella maculipennis
Print References
Johnson CW. 1921. A review of the American species of the genus Palloptera. Psyche 28: 20-23.
Internet References
Video clip by A.R. Hoff showing distinctive wing movements
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 30 September, 2005 - 6:25pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Keith Bayless, Vox Sciurorum, v belov, Harsi S. Parker, Robert H. Biagi, Arturo Santos
Last updated 7 November, 2022 - 11:27pm

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