Genus Camptoprosopella

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification

8017125 Camptoprosopella - Camptoprosopella

C. dolorosa from the Sacramento Mnts in NM - Camptoprosopella dolorosa

Camptoprosopella maculipennis? - Camptoprosopella maculipennis

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")

Superfamily Lauxanioidea

Family Lauxaniidae

Genus Camptoprosopella

Explanation of Names

Camptoprosopella Hendel 1907

Numbers

Nearctica lists 22 species.

Identification

0+3 dorsocentrals, anterior orbital setae strongly convergent (not reclinate as usual in family, or slightly convergent as in Neogriphoneura), yellowish or brownish. The common species have a contrasting black spot on top of the head.

Contributed by tom murray on 11 March, 2006 - 10:28pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 11 December, 2014 - 8:46am

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