Genus Chalarus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Identification · Food · Works Cited

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Aschiza")

Family Pipunculidae (Big-headed flies)

Subfamily Chalarinae

Genus Chalarus

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

member of Chalarinae, a small group represented in NA by 2 genera(1)

Numbers

2 adventive (Palaearctic) spp.(2) + >20 undescribed spp. in our area (comment by Jeff Skevington), >40 spp. worldwide(1)

Identification

Veins M1+2 missing (illustration)

Food

mostly parasitoids of Typhlocybinae (Cicadellidae)(1)

Works Cited

1.	Skevington J. (2005-2008) Pipunculidae, big-headed flies (in The Tree of Life Web Project)

2.	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 John F. Carr on 18 September, 2010 - 7:49pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Keith Bayless, Chuck Entz, v belov
Last updated 28 October, 2014 - 7:22pm

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