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Species Boreothrinax maculipennis

BG1363 C0447 - Boreothrinax maculipennis

Acalyptratae Fly - Boreothrinax maculipennis

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2023-05-14-D7K_7833 - Boreothrinax maculipennis

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")

Superfamily Tephritoidea

Family Pyrgotidae

Genus Boreothrinax

Species maculipennis (Boreothrinax maculipennis)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Pyrgota filiola Loew 1876, P. debilis Osten Sacken 1877

Explanation of Names

Boreothrinax maculipennis (Macquart 1846)

Range

e US to AZ(1)

See Also

two similar looking Sphecomyiella species are often confused with B. maculipennis --see(2) item (2)

Works Cited

1.	Synopsis of the North American Pyrgotidae (Diptera) Steyskal G.C. 1978. Proc. ent. Soc. Wash. 80: 149-155.

2.	Various Identification Issues with Pyrgotidae on BG

Contributed by Mike Boone on 21 August, 2006 - 1:45pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Mike Quinn, Aaron Schusteff, v belov
Last updated 17 May, 2017 - 1:08am

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