Biology:Rachicerus obscuripennis

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Short description: Species of fly

Rachicerus obscuripennis
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Xylophagidae
Genus: Rachicerus
Species:
R. obscuripennis
Binomial name
Rachicerus obscuripennis
(Loew, 1863)[1]

Rachicerus obscuripennis is a North American Diptera of the Rachicerinae family. It is the only North American species with pectinate (comblike) flagellomeres (antenna segments).[2]

Distribution

United States .[2]

References

  1. Loew, Hermann (1863). "Diptera Americae septentrionalis indigena. Centuria tertia". Berl. Entomol. Z. 7: 1–55. doi:10.1002/mmnd.18630070104. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/partpdf/209963. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Woodley, N.E. (2011). "A World Catalog of the Xylophagidae (Insecta: Diptera)". Myia 12: 455–500. 

Wikidata ☰ Q7279491 entry