Genus Eutrichota

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Habitat · See Also · Works Cited

Anthomyiidae? - Eutrichota nigrifemur - female

Eutrichota lipsia with a hitchhiker - Eutrichota lipsia

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon (Calyptratae)

Superfamily Muscoidea

Family Anthomyiidae (Root-Maggot Flies)

No Taxon (Pegomya group)

Genus Eutrichota

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Some groups formerly treated as Eremomyia and Eremomyioides, e.g. in Manual of Nearctic Diptera. (1)

Habitat

Usually in rodent burrows.

See Also

Related to Pegomya, which often has crossed interfrontal bristles and lacks bristles above the vibrissae (both genera have bristles below).

Works Cited

1.	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 David Almquist on 15 June, 2011 - 4:04pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Vox Sciurorum
Last updated 12 February, 2013 - 6:08pm

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