Tritoxa incurva

Tritoxa incurva
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Ulidiidae
Subfamily:	Otitinae
Tribe:	Cephaliini
Genus:	Tritoxa
Species:	T. incurva
Binomial name
	Tritoxa incurva; Loew, 1873

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. 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)". Zootaxa. 4920 (3): 359–379. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4920.3.3. ISSN 1175-5334.
^ "Species Tritoxa incurva - BugGuide.Net". bugguide.net. Retrieved 17 December 2016.

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[Loew1873-1] Loew, Hermann (1873). "Monographs of the Diptera of North America. Part III". Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 11: vii + 351 +XIII pp., 4 pls. Retrieved 26 January 2021.

[Sinclair2021-2] Sinclair, Bradley J.; Macleod, Alyssa M.; Wheeler, Terry A. (2021-01-29). "Revision of the Nearctic genus Tritoxa Loew (Diptera: Ulidiidae)". Zootaxa. 4920 (3): 359–379. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4920.3.3. ISSN 1175-5334.

[3] "Species Tritoxa incurva - BugGuide.Net". bugguide.net. Retrieved 17 December 2016.

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