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subgenus Sylvicola

Wood Gnats - Sylvicola alternatus - male - female Fly Pair - Sylvicola alternatus - male - female Fly IMG_5972 - Sylvicola fenestralis - female Wood Gnat - Sylvicola alternatus - female window gnat - Sylvicola fenestralis S. fenestralis - Sylvicola fenestralis Window Gnat - Sylvicola fenestralis Sylvicola? - Sylvicola alternatus - female
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 Sylvicola
Numbers
Two North American species: alternatus and fenestralis.
Identification
Crossvein between branches of M intersects M2 distant from fork of M1+2.