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Tribe Cecidocharini

Fly - Procecidochares atra - female Id help needed  - fly - Procecidochares atra - female Rhagoletis ? - Procecidochares atra - female Procecidochares atra? - Procecidochares Procecidocharoides penelope  - Procecidocharoides penelope - female Small pretty fly - Is this Chaetopsis? - Procecidochares atra Procecidochares swept from conifer - Procecidochares Procecidochares sp.? - Procecidochares
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily Tephritoidea
Family Tephritidae (Fruit Flies)
Subfamily Tephritinae
Tribe Cecidocharini
Numbers
21 spp. in 5 genera in our area, >40 spp. in 8 genera worldwide(1)
Nearctic genera:
Cecidochares- 1 sp. in our area
Dracontomyia- 1 sp. in our area
Ostracocoelia- 1 sp. in our area
Procecidochares- 17 described sp. in our area
Procecidocharoides- 3 sp. in our area
Range
with few exceptions (4 Palaeotropical spp.), restricted to the New World(1)