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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Empidoidea » Hybotid Dance Flies (Hybotidae) » Tachydromiinae » Drapetini » Chersodromia » Chersodromia inusitata

Species Chersodromia inusitata

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range
Fly - Chersodromia inusitata Small fly - Chersodromia inusitata Chersodromia inusitata Chersodromia inusitata Chersodromia inusitata Fly on seaweed, maybe Tethininae? - Chersodromia inusitata Fly on seaweed, maybe Tethininae? - Chersodromia inusitata Chersodromia inusitata
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)
Superfamily Empidoidea
Family Hybotidae (Hybotid Dance Flies)
Subfamily Tachydromiinae
Tribe Drapetini
Genus Chersodromia
Species inusitata (Chersodromia inusitata)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Coloboneura inusitata Melander, 1902
Explanation of Names
Inusitata is Latin for strange or unusual.
Identification
The only eastern Chersodromia with dark legs, femora black and remainder dark brown. Thorax dark gray, but with yellow "shoulders" at least in some males.
Range
East coast from Maine to Florida
Contributed by John F. Carr on 16 June, 2014 - 4:00pm

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