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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Carnoidea » Freeloader Flies (Milichiidae) » Milichiinae » Eusiphona

Genus Eusiphona

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Remarks · Works Cited
Acalyptratae - Eusiphona mira very small fly - Eusiphona mira Fly with elbowed proboscis - Eusiphona mira Tachinid sp.? - Eusiphona Vail small fly - Eusiphona Vail small fly b - Eusiphona small black fly with big red eyes - Eusiphona mira Milichiidae, from Megachilidae larval cells, lateral - Eusiphona mira
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily Carnoidea
Family Milichiidae (Freeloader Flies)
Subfamily Milichiinae
Genus Eusiphona
Explanation of Names
Eusiphona Coquillett 1897
Numbers
3 spp. in our area(1), 4 total(2)
Range
New World
Remarks
Eusiphona mira is entirely black (per literature, but some BugGuide photos show yellowish tarsi).
Eusiphona cooperi has tibiae and tarsi pale and no markings on the thorax.
Eusiphona flava is mostly yellow.
Eusiphona vittata from South America has tibiae and tarsi pale and no markings on the thorax.
An undescribed spceies of Eusiphona lacks the long proboscis.(3)
Works Cited
1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
2.Brake I. (2007-) Milichiidae online
3.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 Joel Kits on 19 December, 2010 - 12:24pm
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 19 January, 2024 - 7:46am

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