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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Ephydroidea » Curtonotidae » Curtonotum » Curtonotum helvum

Species Curtonotum helvum

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Curtonotidae-Curtonotum helvum (Loew) - Curtonotum helvum Curtonotum helvum Unknown fly - Curtonotum helvum Drosophila? - Curtonotum helvum Drosophila? - Curtonotum helvum Drosophila? - Curtonotum helvum Anthomyiidae? Coenosiinae? - Curtonotum helvum Flies - Curtonotum helvum - male - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily Ephydroidea
Family Curtonotidae
Genus Curtonotum
Species helvum (Curtonotum helvum)
Explanation of Names
Curtonotum helvum (Loew 1862)
Size
7 mm(1)
Identification
The last two couplets in Arnett's key to fly families(1) state "C with distinct humeral break in addition to subcostal break. Arista broadly plumose; C extensively and strongly spinose; all tibiae with strong preapical dorsal bristle; medium-sized, yellowish flies, with strongly arched scutum."
Range
Eastern USA(1)
Remarks
Related to Ephydridae and Drosophilidae
Print References
Meier R., Kotrba M., Barber K.N. (1997) A comparative study of the egg, first-instar larva, puparium, female reproductive system, and natural history of Curtonotum helvum (Curtonotidae, Ephydroidea, Diptera). American Museum novitates; no. 3219. Full text
Internet References
Wing veins
Works Cited
1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
Contributed by John F. Carr on 14 April, 2010 - 7:07pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, v belov
Last updated 28 December, 2014 - 1:43am

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