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tentaculata group

Lispe sociabilis Gray Fly with gray-black checkers on abdomen & obscure thorax stripes; elongated wings; reddish-gray legs. - Lispe Lispe - Lispe sociabilis Lispe - female fly with yellow face - Lispe fly with yellow face - Lispe fly with yellow face - Lispe Lispe tentaculata (2) - Lispe tentaculata
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Calyptratae)
Superfamily Muscoidea
Family Muscidae
Subfamily Coenosiinae
Tribe Limnophorini
Genus Lispe
No Taxon tentaculata group
Numbers
Three species in North America
Identification
Mid tibiae without anterodorsal bristle. Male basitarsus short, in two species with a projection along the second segment.
Range
L. tentaculata is widespread, L. sociabilis is eastern, L. patellata is western
Contributed by John F. Carr on 23 February, 2012 - 8:11pm

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