Biology:Tritoxa incurva
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Short description: Species of fly
| Tritoxa incurva | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Ulidiidae |
| Subfamily: | Otitinae |
| Tribe: | Cephaliini |
| Genus: | Tritoxa |
| Species: | T. incurva
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| Binomial name | |
| Tritoxa incurva Loew, 1873[1]
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Tritoxa incurva is a species of picture-winged fly in the genus Tritoxa of the family Ulidiidae.[2]
The flies are about 6–8 mm long. They have a bold wing pattern and rusty-brown coloration, at least in the east. They live in the eastern United States, and can be found in grassy meadows from May through October.[3]
Bibliography
- Insects: Their Natural History And Diversity: With a Photographic Guide to Insects of Eastern North America; Stephen A. Marshall. 2006. Firefly Books Ltd.; See color photograph-496.6
- Insects of North Carolina; C.S. Brimley. 1938. North Carolina Department of Agriculture. p. 381
References
- ↑ Loew, Hermann (1873). "Monographs of the Diptera of North America. Part III.". Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 11: vii + 351 +XIII pp., 4 pls. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/90071#page/6/mode/1up. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
- ↑ Sinclair, Bradley J.; Macleod, Alyssa M.; Wheeler, Terry A. (2021-01-29). "Revision of the Nearctic genus Tritoxa Loew (Diptera: Ulidiidae)" (in en). Zootaxa 4920 (3): 359–379. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4920.3.3. ISSN 1175-5334. https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4920.3.3.
- ↑ "Species Tritoxa incurva - BugGuide.Net". http://bugguide.net/node/view/65675. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
Wikidata ☰ Q7844455 entry
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