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Species Rhamphomyia brevis

Representative Images

Rhamphomyia ? - Rhamphomyia brevis - female Rhamphomyia ? - Rhamphomyia brevis - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)
Superfamily Empidoidea
Family Empididae (Dance Flies)
Subfamily Empidinae
Genus Rhamphomyia
Species brevis (Rhamphomyia brevis)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Rhamphomyia brevis Loew, 1861

Synonyms:
Rhamphomyia corvina Loew, 1861 (listed as "var. corvina" in (1))

Range

Widespread in North America. (AK-BC-QC south to CA-GA) (1)

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 Brad Barnd on 19 June, 2014 - 1:10am

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