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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Tephritoidea » Pyrgotidae » Sphecomyiella

Genus Sphecomyiella

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Works Cited
Mystery Fly - Sphecomyiella valida fly - Sphecomyiella valida fly - Sphecomyiella valida Pyrogotidae: Sphecomyiella valida? - Sphecomyiella Boreothrinax or Sphecomyiella? - Sphecomyiella valida Boreothrinax or Sphecomyiella? - Sphecomyiella valida Fly - Sphecomyiella valida Sphecomyiella valida
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily Tephritoidea
Family Pyrgotidae
Genus Sphecomyiella
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
treated by some workers as a subgenus of Pyrgota(1)
Explanation of Names
Sphecomyiella Hendel 1933
Numbers
2 spp., both in our area(2)
Identification
Wing with finely mottled pattern, cell cup having an acute angle in posteroapical corner, alula present, R2+3 without stump vein; ocellar setae well-developed; hind tibia gradually tapering at base (not strongly constricted there); face with median keel.(1)(3)
Range
S. valida e. half of the US, S. nelsoni s.AZ
Works Cited
1.Manual of Nearctic Diptera Volume 2
Varies for each chapter; edited by J.F. McAlpine, B.V. Petersen, G.E. Shewell, H.J. Teskey, J.R. Vockeroth, D.M. Wood. 1987. Research Branch Agriculture Canada.
2.A new species of Sphecomyiella (Diptera: Pyrgotidae) from North America
Kondratieff B.C., Fitzgerald S.J. 1993. Proc. Ent Soc. Wash. 95: 554‒557.
3.Synopsis of the North American Pyrgotidae (Diptera)
Steyskal G.C. 1978. Proc. ent. Soc. Wash. 80: 149-155.
Contributed by Keith Bayless on 14 February, 2007 - 4:04pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Aaron Schusteff, Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 7 March, 2024 - 6:34pm

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