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Genus Macrocera

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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)
Superfamily Sciaroidea (Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges)
Family Keroplatidae (Predatory Fungus Gnats)
Genus Macrocera
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Called Euphrosyne in some literature from 1908 to 1963.
Explanation of Names
Macrocera Meigen, 1803
Macrocera is Greek for "big horn," in reference to the long antennae.
Numbers
24 species in North America
Remarks
Macrocera was formerly placed in the family Mycetophilidae.
Print References
Johannsen, O. A. 1909. The Mycetophilidae of North America (Google books) (Biodiversity Heritage Library)
Vockeroth, J. R. 1976. The species of the Macrocera nobilis group in the Holarctic Region (Diptera: Mycetophilidae). Canadian Entomologist 108(11):1229­-1233
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