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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Stratiomyomorpha » Xylomyidae » Xylomya » Xylomya americana

Species Xylomya americana

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Works Cited
Windfall maple fly - Xylomya americana Windfall maple fly - Xylomya americana Windfall maple fly - Xylomya americana Xylomyid - Xylomya americana Wasp Mimic - Xylomya americana Fly - Xylomya americana Unknown Insect - Xylomya americana Diptera. Xylomyidae. Xylomya pallidifemur - Xylomya americana
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)
Infraorder Stratiomyomorpha
Family Xylomyidae
Genus Xylomya
Species americana (Xylomya americana)
Explanation of Names
Xylomya americana (Wiedemann 1821)
Identification
only species with two longitudinal yellow stripes on thorax. --Martin Hauser, 8.vi.2010
Range
e. & c. US (ME-FL to WY-TX) & se. Canada (QC-ON)(1)
Works Cited
1.A catalog of the World Xylomyidae (Insecta: Diptera)
Woodley N.E. 2011. Myia 12: 417–453.
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 23 May, 2006 - 6:56pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 8 March, 2013 - 3:58pm

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