Biology:Polydontomyia

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Short description: Genus of fly

Dimorphic sickleleg
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In California
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Eristalinae
Tribe: Eristalini
Subtribe: Helophilina
Genus: Polydontomyia
Williston, 1896
Species:
P. curvipes
Binomial name
Polydontomyia curvipes
(Wiedemann, 1830)
Synonyms
(Species)
List
  • Merodona curvipes Lejops curvipes
  • (Wiedemann, 1830) Macquart, 1846
  • Wiedemann, 1830 Polydonta bicolor
  • Merodon morosus Macquart, 1850
  • Helophilus albiceps Walker, 1849

Polydontomyia is a genus of rat-tail maggot flies in the family Syrphidae. The genus is monotypic, comprising a single species, Polydontomyia curvipes, also known as the dimorphic sickleleg. It was formerly a member of the genus Lejops.[1][2]

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