Hydatostega viridiflos

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Hydatostega viridiflos
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Hydrophorinae
Tribe: Hydrophorini
Genus: Hydatostega
Species:
H. viridiflos
Binomial name
Hydatostega viridiflos
(Walker, 1852)
Synonyms [1]
  • Hydatostega virdiflos (Walker, 1852)
  • Medetera intentus Aldrich, 1911
  • Medeterus viridiflos Walker, 1852

Hydatostega viridiflos is a species of long-legged fly in the family Dolichopodidae. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Subspecies

There are three known subspecies of H. viridiflos:

According to BugGuide, H. v. viridflos is found along the coast of Northeast North America, while the other subspecies are found in Western North America. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Hydatostega viridiflos Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. "Hydatostega viridiflos". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. Pollet, Marc A. A.; Brooks, Scott E.; Cumming, Jeffrey M. (2004). "Catalog of the Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of America North of Mexico". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 2004 (283): 1–114. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2004)283<0001:COTDDO>2.0.CO;2.
  4. Aldrich, J. M. (1911). "A revision of the North American species of the dipterous genus Hydrophorus" (PDF). Psyche (Camb). 18 (2): 45–70, 1 pl. doi: 10.1155/1911/237109 . Retrieved 8 June 2016.