Genus Oreogeton

Classification · Numbers · Range · Works Cited

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)

Superfamily Empidoidea

Family Oreogetonidae

Genus Oreogeton

Numbers

8 described species in our area(1) and seven undescribed.(2)

Range

mostly in western mountains(1)

Works Cited

1.	Manual of Nearctic Diptera Volume 1 Varies for each chapter; edited by J.F. McAlpine, B.V. Petersen, G.E. Shewell, H.J. Teskey, J.R. Vockeroth, D.M. Wood. 1981. Research Branch Agriculture Canada.

2.	Identification key to Nearctic genera of Empidoidea Bradley J. Sinclair, Scott E. Brooks, Jeffrey M. Cumming. 2023. Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification.

Contributed by v belov on 9 November, 2010 - 8:15am
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum
Last updated 18 April, 2024 - 8:47am

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