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Subfamily Steganinae

Fly - Leucophenga varia fruit fly - Leucophenga varia bent-winged vinegar fly - Stegana vittata vinegar fly - Phortica variegata Fruit Fly? - Hyalistata drosophilid - Leucophenga maculosa Fly on cucumber - Leucophenga varia Stegana sp.--coeloptera group? - Stegana
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily Ephydroidea
Family Drosophilidae (Vinegar Flies)
Subfamily Steganinae
Identification
Prescutellar acrostichals conspicuous, basal scutellar bristles diverging. These characters have evolved independently in the subgenus Drosophila (Scaptodrosophila) from the Southwest.