Subfamily Clitellariinae

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Works Cited

Need ID please - Adoxomyia subulata - female

Flying insect-horizontal lines across eyes - Cyphomyia erecta - female

Female, Adoxomyia tenuicornis? - Adoxomyia - female

Female, Cyphomyia pilosissima? - Cyphomyia pilosissima - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)

Infraorder Stratiomyomorpha

Family Stratiomyidae (Soldier flies)

Subfamily Clitellariinae

Explanation of Names

Clitellariinae Brauer 1882

Numbers

32 spp. in 8 genera in our area(1), ~250 spp. in 40 genera total(2)

Works Cited

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

2.	A world catalog of the Stratiomyidae (Insecta: Diptera) Woodley N.E. 2001. North American Dipterists' Society. Washington, DC. 475 pp.

Contributed by v belov on 30 July, 2010 - 10:58am
Last updated 1 October, 2023 - 6:30pm

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