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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Carnoidea » Frit Flies (Chloropidae) » Oscinellinae » Conioscinella

Genus Conioscinella

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Range · Works Cited
fly - Conioscinella zetterstedti Fly - Conioscinella flavescens - female Fly - Conioscinella flavescens - female Wingless Conioscinella? - Conioscinella zetterstedti - male - female Frit fly - Conioscinella zetterstedti Conioscinella zetterstedti Conioscinella zetterstedti Chloropidae > Oscinellinae > Dasyopa???? - Conioscinella - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily Carnoidea
Family Chloropidae (Frit Flies)
Subfamily Oscinellinae
Genus Conioscinella
Numbers
5 described winged species and 1 undescribed wingless species according to Manual of Nearctic Diptera(1); the undescribed wingless species is probably C. zetterstetdi
1 additional species C. zetterstetdi adventive from Palearctic(2)
Identification
Comment by Michael von Tschirnhaus on diptera.info: "Typical features: densly haired eyes, short ocellar triangle covered with pubescence (pollen), proboscis normal (labellum short), hind tibia without spur, 1 +2 notopleural setae."
Range
Widespread in North America
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.
2.Conioscinella Zetterstedti Andersson (Diptera: Chloropidae), A Chloropid Fly With Polymorphic Wing Reduction
Terry A. Wheeler. 1994. The Canadian Entomologist.
Contributed by John F. Carr on 9 July, 2010 - 9:23pm
Additional contributions by Spencer_pote
Last updated 10 November, 2023 - 11:06am

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