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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Sciomyzoidea » Thick-headed Flies (Conopidae) » Conopinae » Physoconops » Subgenus Pachyconops (Physoconops Subgenus Pachyconops) » Physoconops townsendi

Species Physoconops townsendi

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Print References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily Sciomyzoidea
Family Conopidae (Thick-headed Flies)
Subfamily Conopinae
Genus Physoconops
No Taxon (Subgenus Pachyconops)
Species townsendi (Physoconops townsendi)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Conops auratus Townsend, 1901. Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 27, p. 161.
Identification
Very distinct uninterrupted post-vertical pollinose stripe connecting the post-orbitals (i.e. along upper half of hind edge of head). Very large theca in the female. Thorax and abdomen mostly rufous. For (many) more details, see Townsend's original description here (as Conops auratus).
Range
CA, AZ, NM, TX (1)
Print References
Camras, Sidney (1955), "A Review of the New World Flies of the Genus Conops and Allies (Diptera: Conopidae)", Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 105, pp. 155-187 (Full Text)
Works Cited
1.A Catalog of the Diptera of America North of Mexico
Alan Stone, et al. 1965. United States Department of Agriculture.
Contributed by Aaron Schusteff on 16 January, 2014 - 10:30pm
Last updated 26 January, 2014 - 12:32am

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