Biology:Taeniaptera

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Short description: Genus of flies

Taeniaptera
Taeniaptera lasciva.jpg
Taeniaptera lasciva
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Micropezidae
Subfamily: Taeniapterinae
Genus: Taeniaptera
Macquart, 1835[1]
Type species
Taeniaptera trivittata
Macquart, 1835[1]
Synonyms
  • Grallomya Rondani, 1850
  • Grallopoda Rondani, 1850
  • Mitromyia Cresson, 1930
  • Paragrallomyia Hendel, 1933
  • Taenioptera Agassiz, 1846

Taeniaptera is a genus of stilt-legged flies in the family Micropezidae. There are at least 3 described species in Taeniaptera.[2][3]

Taeniaptera trivittata

Species

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Macquart, Justin Pierre Marie. Histoire Naturelle des insectes. Dipteres. Tome deuxieme.. Paris: Roret. pp. 710, 12 pl. 
  2. "Taeniaptera Genus Information". Iowa State University. https://bugguide.net/node/view/35481. Retrieved 2018-01-26. 
  3. "Taeniaptera Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=142089. Retrieved 2018-01-26. 

Further reading

  • Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q14717360 entry