Calotarsa

Calotarsa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Platypezidae
Subfamily:	Platypezinae
Genus:	Calotarsa Townsend, 1894 [1]

Calotarsa is a genus of flat-footed flies (insects in the family Platypezidae). There are about six described species in Calotarsa. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Species

These six species belong to the genus Calotarsa:

• Calotarsa calceata (Snow, 1894) ^{i c g}
• Calotarsa durangoensis Kessel & Young, 1974 ^{c g}
• Calotarsa insignis Aldrich, 1906 ^{i c g b}
• Calotarsa mexicana Kessel & Young, 1974 ^{c g}
• Calotarsa pallipes (Loew, 1866) ^{i c g b}
• Calotarsa simplex Kessel, 1974 ^{i c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS, ^[2] c = Catalogue of Life, ^[3] g = GBIF, ^[4] b = Bugguide.net ^[5]

References

1. Townsend, C.H.T. (1894). "A very remarkable and anomalous syrphid, with peculiarly developed hind tarsi". The Canadian Entomologist. 26: 50–52. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
2. "Calotarsa Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
3. "Browse Calotarsa". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
4. "Calotarsa". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
5. "Calotarsa Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-28.

Further reading

• McAlpine, J. F.; Petersen, B. V.; Shewell, G. E.; Teskey, H. J.; Vockeroth, J. R.; Wood, D. M., eds. (1987). Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume II. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. ISBN   978-0-660-10731-8.