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subgenus Sylvicola

fly - Sylvicola alternatus - female Wood Gnats - Sylvicola alternatus - male - female Anisopodidae, Wood Gnat, head - Sylvicola alternatus - female Wood Gnat - Sylvicola alternatus Wood Gnat - Sylvicola alternatus - female Wood Gnat - Sylvicola alternatus - female Sylvicola sp. - Sylvicola fenestralis Wood Gnat - Sylvicola fenestralis
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.
Contributed by John F. Carr on 4 February, 2012 - 11:46am

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