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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Lauxanioidea » Lauxaniidae » Minettia group » Minettia

Genus Minettia

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unknown fly - Minettia flaveola Possible Minettia flaveola? - Minettia flaveola Lauxaniidae? - Minettia flaveola Lauxaniidae - Minettia lupulina Minettia sp... - Minettia fly - Minettia Minettia flaveola? - Minettia flaveola Minettia magna? - Minettia

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 (Minettia group)
Genus Minettia

Explanation of Names

Minettia Robineau-Desvoidy 1830

Numbers

16 spp. in our area, ~120 described spp. total, of which about half palaearctic

Print References

Eiseman C.S. (2021) Minettia Robineau-Desvoidy spp. (Diptera: Lauxaniidae) as secondary invaders in leaf mines of other insects. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 123: 669‒672 Full text
Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 8 March, 2006 - 1:22pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset, Bbarnd, v belov
Last updated 17 May, 2024 - 11:05am

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