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Tribe Oxycerini

Stratiomyidae - Euparyphus Soldier Fly? - Euparyphus tricolor - female small fly, sp - Euparyphus Order Diptera - Flies - Euparyphus Oxycera albovittata Very cool fly - Oxycera variegata Caloparyphus swept from carex - Caloparyphus Odd-looking larva of Oxycerini in Maryland in November
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)
Infraorder Stratiomyomorpha
Family Stratiomyidae (Soldier flies)
Subfamily Stratiomyinae
Tribe Oxycerini
Explanation of Names
Oxycerini Enderlein 1914
Numbers
_ spp. in 3 genera in our area, ~180 spp. in 20 genera total(1)
Range
worldwide except Australasia(1)
Works Cited
1.A world catalog of the Stratiomyidae (Insecta: Diptera)
Woodley N.E. 2001. North American Dipterists' Society. Washington, DC. 475 pp.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 25 January, 2011 - 11:16am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 1 October, 2023 - 9:58pm

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