Biology:Hypenella spumarius
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Short description: Species of fly
| Hypenella spumarius | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Superfamily: | Empidoidea |
| Family: | Empididae |
| Subfamily: | Clinocerinae |
| Genus: | Hypenella |
| Species: | H. spumarius
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| Binomial name | |
| Hypenella spumarius Smith, 1965[1]
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Hypenella spumarius is a species of dance flies, in the fly family Empididae.
Description
The humerus and the areas upper third to the half of the mesopleuron is brownish. Unlike the other species of Hypenella, this species' facial hairs are weaker. The prescutellar depression is darker than the thoraic disk, but it's flanked by a grayish patch under the 2 posterior dorsocentrals. The hypopygium with the terminal process is broadened towards the tip, but the hind tibiae has 2 or 3 short dorsal bristles before the tip. The wing stigma is narrow in indistinct. The species attains 2.5 cm.[2]
Distribution
The species is found in the Taplejung District in Dobhan and is found on the spray splashed rocks in the Tamur River.[2]
References
- ↑ Smith, K. G. V. (1965). "Diptera from Nepal. Empididae". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology 17: 63–112.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Smith, Kenneth G. V. (23 September 1965) (in en). Diptera from Nepal Empididae, Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural history) Entomology. 17. London (published 1965). p. 100.
Wikidata ☰ Q14600524 entry
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