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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Ephydroidea » Shore Flies (Ephydridae) » Ephydrinae » Ephydrini » Setacera » Setacera atrovirens

Species Setacera atrovirens

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily Ephydroidea
Family Ephydridae (Shore Flies)
Subfamily Ephydrinae
Tribe Ephydrini
Genus Setacera
Species atrovirens (Setacera atrovirens)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Setacera atrovirens (Loew)

Synonyms:
Ephydra atrovirens Loew 1862
Explanation of Names
Setacera atrovirens (Loew, 1862)
Identification
Generally separable from the similar S. micans by examination of male terminalia. Distribution may be used as well (See Mathis 1982 (1)).
Range
Northern USA and southern Canada east of Rocky Mountains
Food
Diatoms and algae.
Life Cycle
Multivoltine, overwinters as adult.
Works Cited
1.Studies of Ephydrinae (Diptera: Ephydridae), VII: Revision of the Genus Setacera Cresson
Wayne N. Mathis. 1982. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, Number 350, .
Contributed by Brad Barnd on 27 July, 2011 - 6:09pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Vox Sciurorum
Last updated 18 December, 2023 - 12:44pm

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