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Genus Eumetopiella

Classification · Explanation of Names · Remarks · Print References
Fly ID Request - Eumetopiella rufipes Diptera, head lateral - Eumetopiella rufipes Fly - Eumetopiella rufipes Coniceps niger - Eumetopiella rufipes - female Fly - Eumetopiella rufipes Fly ID Request - Eumetopiella rufipes Diptera - Eumetopiella rufipes Eumetopiella rufipes
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily Tephritoidea
Family Ulidiidae (Picture-winged Flies)
Subfamily Ulidiinae
Tribe Lipsanini
Genus Eumetopiella
Explanation of Names
Eumetopiella Hendel 1907
Remarks
Two species. Rufipes has red legs, varipes black with yellow knees. See Loew's comparison of the two species.
Print References
Loew, H. 1873. Monographs of the Diptera of North America. Part III. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 11
Contributed by Joel Kits on 12 March, 2010 - 8:13pm
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 29 October, 2014 - 3:38pm

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