Genus Dyscrasis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Works Cited

Female, Dyscrasis hendeli? - Dyscrasis hendeli

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")

Superfamily Tephritoidea

Family Ulidiidae (Picture-winged Flies)

Subfamily Otitinae

Tribe Myennidini

Genus Dyscrasis

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Dyscrasis Aldrich, 1932

Explanation of Names

Probably cognate with dyscrasia. Aldrich wrote "numerous venational peculiarities also emphasize the distinctness of this form."

Numbers

monotypic genus(1)

Size

6.0–7.5 mm(1)

Range

sw. US (TX, AZ) & Mexico(1)

Works Cited

1.	Myennidini, a new tribe of the subfamily Otitinae (Diptera: Ulidiidae), with discussion of the suprageneric classification... Kameneva E., Korneyev V. 2006. Isr. J. Entomol. 35-36: 497-586.

Contributed by Martin Hauser on 12 January, 2012 - 11:36am
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 1 April, 2017 - 6:52am

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