Pterodontia misella

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Pterodontia misella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Acroceridae
Genus: Pterodontia
Species:
P. misella
Binomial name
Pterodontia misella
Synonyms [2]
  • Nothra americana Bigot, 1889

Pterodontia misella is a species of small-headed flies (insects in the family Acroceridae). [2] [3] [4] [5] It is very close in appearance to Pterodontia flavipes , and was considered a synonym of it by Curtis Williams Sabrosky in 1948. [6] However, this synonymy has not been adopted by later authors, and P. misella is still recognised as a distinct species. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Osten Sacken, C.R. (1877). "Western Diptera: Descriptions of new genera and species of Diptera from the region west of the Mississippi and especially from California". Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories. 3 (189–354). doi:10.5962/bhl.title.57939.
  2. 1 2 "Pterodontia misella Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
  3. ↑ "Pterodontia misella species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
  4. ↑ "Pterodontia misella". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
  5. 1 2 "Pterodontia misella Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
  6. ↑ Sabrosky, C.W. (1948). "A Further Contribution to the Classification of the North American Spider Parasites of the Family Acroceratidae (Diptera)". The American Midland Naturalist . 39 (2): 382–430. doi:10.2307/2421592. JSTOR   2421592.
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