Genus Pterogramma

Classification · Numbers · Print References

Pterogramma palliceps in January and in Maryland - Pterogramma palliceps

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")

Superfamily Sphaeroceroidea

Family Sphaeroceridae (Lesser Dung Flies)

Subfamily Limosininae

Genus Pterogramma

Numbers

This genus includes 29 described species and probably hundreds of undescribed species, primarily from the Neotropics. 3 species are known from the US and Canada - P. palliceps (ON to TX and FL), P. portalense (AZ to Costa Rica), and P. aquatile (FL and the Dominican Republic) (Smith and Marshall 2004).

Print References

Smith, I.P., and Marshall, S.A. 2004. A review of the New World genus Pterogramma Spuler and a revision of the Pterogramma sublugubrinum group (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae). Contributions in Science 499:1-163.

Contributed by Keith Bayless on 8 November, 2009 - 4:20am
Additional contributions by Joel Kits
Last updated 9 November, 2009 - 4:10pm

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