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Genus Metatrichia

Metatrichia bulbosa, mating pair - Metatrichia bulbosa - male - female unknown small fly - Metatrichia bulbosa unknown small fly - Metatrichia bulbosa Which fly is this? - Metatrichia bulbosa - male Scenopinidae - Metatrichia bulbosa - female Diptera; Scenopinidae; Metatrichia bulbosa - Metatrichia bulbosa Diptera; Scenopinidae; Metatrichia bulbosa - Metatrichia bulbosa A male example from White Sands (NM) - Metatrichia bulbosa - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)
Superfamily Asiloidea
Family Scenopinidae (Window Flies)
Genus Metatrichia
Numbers
a single species in our area, 14 spp. total(1)
Range
worldwide, but mostly Palaearctic and Afrotropical(1)
Works Cited
1.Window flies of the world (Diptera: Scenopinidae), by S. Winterton & S. Gaimari
Contributed by Chuck Entz on 24 December, 2006 - 10:20pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 19 December, 2011 - 10:47am

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