Biology:Xylophagus reflectens

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Short description: Species of fly

Xylophagus reflectens
Xylophagus reflectens mosbo6.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Xylophagidae
Genus: Xylophagus
Species:
X. reflectens
Binomial name
Xylophagus reflectens
Walker, 1848[1]
Synonyms
  • Xylophagus fascipennis Harris, 1835[2]
  • Xylophagus persequus Walker, 1850[1]
  • Xylophagus longicornis Loew, 1869[3]

Xylophagus reflectens is a species of fly in the family Xylophagidae.[4]

Distribution

It is found in most of Canada (from Alberta to Nova Scotia), and the east of the United States .[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Walker, F. (1848). List of the specimens of dipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. part 1. London: British Museum. pp. 1–229. 
  2. Harris, T.W. (1835). Insects. Pp. 553-602. In Hitchcock, E., Report on the geology, mineralogy, botany, and zoology of Massachusetts. 2nd Edition. Amherst: J. S. & C. Adams. pp. [4] + 702 pp., 19 pls, 3 maps. 
  3. Loew, H. (1869). Beschreibung europaischer Dipteren. Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europaischen zweiflugeligen Insecten, von Johann Wilhelm Meigen. Vol. 1: Achter Theil oder zweiter Supplementband. Halle: H. W. Schmidt. pp. xvi + 310 + [2]. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Woodley, N.E. (2011). "A World Catalog of the Xylophagidae (Insecta: Diptera)". Myia 12: 455–500. 

Wikidata ☰ Q14423101 entry