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Genus Microchrysa

Microchrysa polita - female Fly - Microchrysa flaviventris - female fly? - Microchrysa polita - female 6010446 Sargus - Microchrysa polita - male Green fly - Microchrysa Diptera - Microchrysa flaviventris Microchrysa flaviventris in Florida - Microchrysa flaviventris - female Microchrysa flaviventris? - Microchrysa flaviventris - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)
Infraorder Stratiomyomorpha
Family Stratiomyidae (Soldier flies)
Subfamily Sarginae
Genus Microchrysa
Explanation of Names
Microchrysa Loew 1855
Numbers
3 spp. (incl. one adventive) in our area, >40 total(1)
Remarks
M. flaviventris introduced fairly recently
Works Cited
1.A world catalog of the Stratiomyidae (Insecta: Diptera)
Woodley N.E. 2001. North American Dipterists' Society. Washington, DC. 475 pp.