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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Muscoidea » Muscidae » Phaoniinae » Shoot Flies (Atherigona)

Genus Atherigona - Shoot Flies

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Diptera - Atherigona reversura Fly with orange abdomen - Atherigona reversura Fly - Atherigona reversura Bermudagrass Stem Maggot? - Atherigona reversura Fly - Atherigona reversura Small fly - Atherigona reversura fly - Atherigona reversura Muscidae--Atherigona reversura? - Atherigona reversura
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Calyptratae)
Superfamily Muscoidea
Family Muscidae
Subfamily Phaoniinae
Genus Atherigona (Shoot Flies)
Explanation of Names
Atherigona Rondani 1856
Numbers
~200 spp. worldwide(1)
Identification
Ribeiro et al. 2016
Range
An Old World genus with two species introduced to the New World.
Remarks
"Atherigona species will breed in decaying plant material or animal matter, and A. orientalis is known to produce secondary infestations in a few crop plants such as sorghum and maize."(1)
Print References
Pont, A.C. (1986) Studies on the Australian Muscidae (Diptera). VII. The genus Atherigona Rondani. Australian Journal of Zoology, Supplementary Series 120, 90 pp.
Pont AC, Magpayo FR (1995). Muscid shoot-flies of the Philippine Islands (Diptera, Muscidae, genus Atherigona Rondani). Bulletin of Entomological Research Supplement Series 3: 1–123.
Internet References
A. reversura in so. Georgia
A. orientalis fact sheet(2)
Works Cited
1.Manual of Central American Diptera
Brian V. Brown et al. 2009. NRC Research Press.
2.University of Florida: Featured Creatures
Contributed by Brad Barnd on 9 November, 2011 - 3:25pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Vox Sciurorum, v belov, Arturo Santos
Last updated 19 December, 2024 - 9:19pm

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