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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Tephritoidea » Picture-winged Flies (Ulidiidae) » Otitinae » Cephaliini » Tritoxa » Black Onion Fly (Tritoxa flexa)

Species Tritoxa flexa - Black Onion Fly

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Habitat · Works Cited
Picture-winged Fly - Tritoxa flexa Picture-Winged Fly (Tritoxa sp.?) - Tritoxa flexa Wasp? Fly? - Tritoxa flexa Mating Black Onion Flies - Tritoxa flexa - male - female Black fly with White Stripes - Tritoxa flexa Fly for ID - Tritoxa flexa Flower Fly? - Tritoxa flexa Fruit fly - Tritoxa flexa
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 Cephaliini
Genus Tritoxa
Species flexa (Black Onion Fly)
Explanation of Names
Tritoxa flexa (Wiedemann 1830)
Range
e NA (CT-GA to MB-ND-IL)(1)
Habitat
associated with cultivated garlic
Works Cited
1.Thompson F.C., Pape T., Evenhuis N.L. (2013) Systema Dipterorum, Version 1.5
Contributed by Cotinis on 21 July, 2006 - 5:00pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 5 June, 2017 - 3:38pm

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