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Genus Traginops

Rotting tree dweller 11 (fly) - Traginops irroratus Rotting tree dweller 12 (fly) - Traginops irroratus Flies? - Traginops irroratus Small, Spotted Fly with Red Eyes - Traginops Gray, speckled fly - Traginops Fly - Traginops irroratus Unidentified Tephritoid - Traginops irroratus Unidentified Tephritoid - 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
Genus Traginops
Explanation of Names
Traginops Coquillett 1900
Numbers
2 described spp. in N. America(1)
Identification
Distinctively patterned wing, setulose scutellar disc, prominent ocellar plate, C extends to M1. (1)
Range
QC-ON to FL-NM(2)
Print References
Steyskal G.C. (1963) A second North American species of Traginops Coquillet. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 65: 51-54.
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.Thompson F.C., Pape T., Evenhuis N.L. (2013) Systema Dipterorum, Version 1.5