Periscelis

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Periscelis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Clade: Euarthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Periscelididae
Genus: Periscelis
Loew, 1858

Periscelis is a genus of flies in the family Periscelididae. There are about 14 described species in Periscelis. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Fly order of insects

Flies are insects with a pair of functional wings for flight and a pair of vestigial hindwings called halteres for balance. They are classified as an order called Diptera, that name being derived from the Greek δι- di- "two", and πτερόν pteron "wings". The order Diptera is divided into two suborders, with about 110 families divided between them; the families contain an estimated 1,000,000 species, including the familiar housefly, horse-fly, crane fly, and hoverfly; although only about 125,000 species have a species description published. The earliest fly fossils found so far are from the Triassic, about 240 million years ago; phylogenetic analysis suggests that flies originated in the Permian, about 260 million years ago.

Periscelididae family of insects

Periscelididae is a family of flies.

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Species

These 14 species belong to the genus Periscelis:

Periscelis occidentalis is a species of flies in the family Periscelididae.

Data sources: i = ITIS, [1] c = Catalogue of Life, [2] g = GBIF, [3] b = Bugguide.net [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Periscelis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  2. 1 2 "Browse Periscelis". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  3. 1 2 "Periscelis". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  4. 1 2 "Periscelis Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-21.

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