Pterodontia

Pterodontia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Diptera
Family:Acroceridae
Genus:Pterodontia
Gray, 1832
Type species
Pterodontia flavipes
Gray, 1832
Synonyms

Nothra Westwood, 1876[1]

Pterodontia is a genus of small-headed flies (insects in the family Acroceridae). There are at least 20 described species in Pterodontia.[2][3][4][5]

Species

These 20 species belong to the genus Pterodontia:

Data sources: i = ITIS,[2] c = Catalogue of Life,[3] g = GBIF,[4] b = Bugguide.net[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Westwood, J. O. (1876). "Notae Dipterologicae. No. 3.— Descriptions of new genera and species of the family Acroceridae". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1876: 507–518.
  2. 1 2 "Pterodontia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  3. 1 2 "Browse Pterodontia". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  4. 1 2 "Pterodontia". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  5. 1 2 "Pterodontia Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  6. Paramonov, S. J. (1957). "A review of Australian Acroceridae (Diptera)". Australian Journal of Zoology. 5 (4): 521–546. doi:10.1071/ZO9570521.

Further reading

  • Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
  • Charles, H. Curran (1934). "The families and genera of North American Diptera". doi:10.5962/bhl.title.6825.
  • McAlpine, J.F.; Petersen, B.V.; Shewell, G.E.; Teskey, H.J.; et al. (1987). Manual of Nearctic Diptera. Research Branch Agriculture Canada. ISBN 978-0660121253.

  • "Diptera.info". Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  • Media related to Pterodontia at Wikimedia Commons
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