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Genus Myolepta

Black Syrphid - Myolepta lunulata - male Myolepta strigilata - Myolepta strigilata - female Male, Myolepta cornellia? - Myolepta cornellia - male hover fly - Myolepta Male, Myolepta cornellia? - Myolepta cornellia - male Myolepta - Myolepta nigra - female Myolepta strigilata - female 6557 - Myolepta lunulata
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Aschiza")
Family Syrphidae (Hover Flies)
Subfamily Eristalinae
Tribe Brachyopini
Subtribe Brachyopina
Genus Myolepta
Explanation of Names
Myolepta Newman 1838
Numbers
7 spp. in our area(1)
Range
in our area, most of the US, se. Canada + BC(1)
Internet References
Taxon page(1)
Works Cited
1.Key to the genera of nearctic Syrphidae
Miranda G.F.G, Young A.D., Locke M.M., Marshall S.A., Skevington J.H., Thompson F.C. 2013. Can. J. Arthropod Identification 23: 1‒351.
Contributed by Martin Hauser on 11 June, 2006 - 5:40pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 18 January, 2014 - 5:51pm

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