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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Gnats, Gall Midges, and March Flies (Bibionomorpha) » Wood Gnats (Anisopodidae) » Anisopodinae » Sylvicola » subgenus Anisopus (Sylvicola subgenus Anisopus) » Sylvicola punctatus

Species Sylvicola punctatus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Works Cited
Gnattily Dressed - Sylvicola punctatus - female Gnattily Dressed - Sylvicola punctatus - female Sylvicola punctatus - male Wood Gnat - Sylvicola punctatus - female Sylvicola punctatus in Maryland - Sylvicola punctatus Sylvicola punctatus from Alberta - Sylvicola punctatus - male Sylvicola punctatus from Alberta - Sylvicola punctatus - female Sylvicola - Sylvicola punctatus - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera))
Infraorder Bibionomorpha (Gnats, Gall Midges, and March Flies)
Family Anisopodidae (Wood Gnats)
Subfamily Anisopodinae
Genus Sylvicola
No Taxon (subgenus Anisopus)
Species punctatus (Sylvicola punctatus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Sylvicola punctatus (Fabricius, 1787)

Synonyms:
Rhagio punctatus Fabricius, 1787
Rhyphus marginatus Say, 1823
Range
Widespread east of Rockies; Europe
((1) list AB, GA, IL, IN, KS, MA, ME, MD, MI, MN, MO, NB, NH, NJ, NY, OH, ON, PA, QC, RI, VA, VT, WV, WI, Europe including England, France, Germany, and Sweden)
Works Cited
1.Notes on Nearctic Sylvicola (Diptera: Anisopodidae)
Pratt, G.K. and H.D. Pratt. 1980. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 82(1): 86-98.
Contributed by John F. Carr on 3 February, 2012 - 5:54pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd
Last updated 30 April, 2012 - 1:13am

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