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subgenus Lauxaniella

Representative Images

Diptera - Melanomyza femoralis - male Diptera - Melanomyza femoralis - male Fly - Melanomyza femoralis Fly - Melanomyza intermedia mystery lauxaniid - Melanomyza mystery lauxaniid - Melanomyza fly - Melanomyza femoralis Shorefly - Melanomyza femoralis

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily Lauxanioidea
Family Lauxaniidae
No Taxon (Melanomyza group)
Genus Melanomyza
No Taxon subgenus Lauxaniella

Explanation of Names

Lauxaniella Malloch 1924
Diminutive of Lauxania

Numbers

3 spp. per (1), but some species moved to Steganolauxania, likely a database error (in correspondence with Systema Dipterorum) --Arturo Santos, 11/10/2022

Identification

Swollen, shiny face, elongated antennal flagellomere, and some cephalic and thoracic chaetotaxy characters(1)

Range

southern US(1)

Works Cited

1.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.
Contributed by Keith Bayless on 8 July, 2010 - 10:07pm
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum, v belov, Arturo Santos
Last updated 22 June, 2023 - 4:45pm

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