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Genus Psila

Unknown orange and black fly - Psila collaris

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")

Superfamily Diopsoidea

Family Psilidae (Rust Flies)

Genus Psila

Explanation of Names

Psila Meigen 1803

Numbers

15 spp. in 3 subgenera in our area(1)

Remarks

P. rosae (Carrot Rust Fly) is a pest of carrots

Print References

Melander, A.L. (1920). Synopsis of the Dipterous Family Psilidæ. Psyche 27: 91-101. [Contains a key to nearly all our Psila species (some treated under Pseudopsila), except Psila nigricornis and P. persimilis]

Buck M., Marshall S.A. (2006) The identity of Pseudopsila, description of a new subgenus of Psila, and redefinition of Psila sensu lato (Diptera: Psilidae). European Journal of Entomology 103: 183-192

Works Cited

1.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.

Contributed by Martin Hauser on 20 February, 2007 - 12:39am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Vox Sciurorum, v belov, Chris Angell
Last updated 8 September, 2023 - 7:44am

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