Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Genus Taeniaptera

Flies? - Taeniaptera trivittata - male - female fly? - Taeniaptera trivittata sock wearing ant - Taeniaptera trivittata Waspfly? - Taeniaptera trivittata Thick-headed Fly? - Taeniaptera trivittata Taeniaptera trivittata??? - Taeniaptera trivittata Crane fly sp (?) - Taeniaptera trivittata Picture winged Flies? - Taeniaptera trivittata
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily Nerioidea
Family Micropezidae (Stilt-legged Flies)
Subfamily Taeniapterinae
Genus Taeniaptera
Explanation of Names
Taeniaptera Macquart 1835
Numbers
2 spp. in our area, 4 total(1)
Range
neotropical group ranging into the US (north to CA-MI-NY)(2)(3)
Works Cited
1.Molecular phylogeny of the Taeniapterini (Diptera: Micropezidae) using nuclear and mitochondrial DNA [...]
Jackson M.D., Marshall S.A., Skevington J.H. 2015. Insect Systematics & Evolution.
2.Manual of Nearctic Diptera Volume 2
Varies for each chapter; edited by J.F. McAlpine, B.V. Petersen, G.E. Shewell, H.J. Teskey, J.R. Vockeroth, D.M. Wood. 1987. Research Branch Agriculture Canada.
3.Manual of Central American Diptera
Brian V. Brown et al. 2009. NRC Research Press.