Family Tanypezidae

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Remarks · Works Cited

a dancing fly with long legs - Tanypeza - female

Tanypezid Fly - Tanypeza longimana - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")

Superfamily Diopsoidea

Family Tanypezidae

Explanation of Names

Tanypezidae Rondani 1856

Numbers

2 spp. in a single genus in our area(1), ~70 spp. in 5 genera total(2)

Size

5-7 mm(1)

Range

in our area, ne. US(1)

Remarks

rare, poorly known(1)

Works Cited

1.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.

2.	Order Diptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang Z.-Q. (ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification... Pape T., Blagoderov V., Mostovski M.B. 2011. Zootaxa 3148: 222–229.

Contributed by Joel Kits on 22 June, 2010 - 5:16pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 26 December, 2014 - 8:14pm

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