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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Opomyzoidea » Clusiidae » Heteromeringia » Heteromeringia nitida

Species Heteromeringia nitida

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Habitat · Internet References · Works Cited
Fly - Heteromeringia nitida entertaining clusiid fly - Heteromeringia nitida druid flies facing off - Heteromeringia nitida - male druid flies - Heteromeringia nitida - male druid fly - Heteromeringia nitida - male druid fly - Heteromeringia nitida - male Clusiidae - Heteromeringia nitida - male - female Heteromeringia nitida
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily Opomyzoidea
Family Clusiidae
Genus Heteromeringia
Species nitida (Heteromeringia nitida)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Heteromeringia nitida Johnson 1913
Original description in Google Books: see here
Explanation of Names
nitida = 'shiny'
Identification
Fore-coxae white colored (1)
Range
Mostly confined to eastern United States, with a few records outside this region. (2)(3)
Habitat
has been collected in sandy, wooded areas, and in association with red dogwood and oak forests. (1)
Internet References
Wikipedia
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
Works Cited
1.Key to the World genera and North American species of Clusiidae (Diptera: Schizophora)
Lonsdale O., Cheung D.K.B., Marshall S.A. 2011. Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification 14.
2.Wikipedia
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by John F. Carr on 22 March, 2013 - 5:30pm
Additional contributions by v belov, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 17 August, 2022 - 8:41am

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