Family Odiniidae

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Habitat · Works Cited

Rotting Tree Dweller Fly - Traginops irroratus - Traginops irroratus

Unidentified Tephritoid - Traginops irroratus

Odiniidae - Traginops irroratus? - Traginops irroratus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")

Superfamily Opomyzoidea

Family Odiniidae

Explanation of Names

Odiniidae Hendel 1920

Numbers

3 genera in our area (Traginops, Neoalticomerus, Odinia); 65 spp. in 14 genera total(1)

Identification

nearctic odiniids have patterned wings, 2 reclinate pairs and 1 inclinate pair of frontoorbital setae.

Habitat

Adults often found on sap or fungi. Larvae associated with dying trees.

Works Cited

1.	Order Diptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang Z.-Q. (ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification... Pape T., Blagoderov V., Mostovski M.B. 2011. Zootaxa 3148: 222–229.

Contributed by Keith Bayless on 21 February, 2007 - 9:44pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 26 December, 2014 - 12:48am

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