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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Empidoidea » Longlegged Flies (Dolichopodidae) » Plagioneurinae » Plagioneurus » Plagioneurus univittatus

Species Plagioneurus univittatus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)
Superfamily Empidoidea
Family Dolichopodidae (Longlegged Flies)
Subfamily Plagioneurinae
Genus Plagioneurus
Species univittatus (Plagioneurus univittatus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Plagioneurus univittatus Loew 1857
Explanation of Names
Genus name from Greek words for "oblique" and "nerve", referring to the unusual angle of the last part of vein M.
Species name means "one stripe", referring to the stripe on the thorax.
Identification
Thorax metallic green with a strong black stripe in the center. Abdomen black with white pruinose posterior bands. Wings hyaline with vein M converging with R4+5.
Range
Eastern United States south to South America
Contributed by Sean McCann on 27 November, 2006 - 8:20am
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum, Robert Lord Zimlich, zdanko
Last updated 4 January, 2023 - 10:47am

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