Pyrgota
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Pyrgotidae |
Genus: | Pyrgota Wiedemann, 1830 |
Pyrgota is a genus of flies in the family Pyrgotidae. There are about 10 described species in Pyrgota.[1][2][3]
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Species
[edit]These 10 species belong to the genus Pyrgota:
- Pyrgota dichaetus (Steyskal, 1978)
- Pyrgota fenestrata (Macquart, 1851)
- Pyrgota ilona Aczel, 1956
- Pyrgota longipes Hendel, 1908
- Pyrgota lugens Wulp, 1898
- Pyrgota maculipennis (Macquart, 1846)
- Pyrgota nelsoni Kondratieff & Fitzgerald, 1993
- Pyrgota shewelli (Steyskal, 1978)
- Pyrgota undata Wiedemann, 1830 (waved light fly)
- Pyrgota valida (Harris, 1841)
References
[edit]- ^ "Pyrgota Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Pyrgota". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Pyrgota genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
Further reading
[edit]- McAlpine, J. F.; Petersen, B. V.; Shewell, G. E.; Teskey, H. J.; Vockeroth, J. R.; Wood, D. M., eds. (1987). Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume II. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. ISBN 978-0-660-10731-8.
External links
[edit]Media related to Pyrgota at Wikimedia Commons