Calotarsa

Genus of flies

Calotarsa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Platypezidae
Subfamily: Platypezinae
Genus: Calotarsa
Townsend, 1894[1]

Calotarsa is a genus of flat-footed flies (insects in the family Platypezidae). There are about six described species in Calotarsa.[2][3][4][5]

Species

These six species belong to the genus Calotarsa:

  • Calotarsa calceata (Snow, 1894) i c g
  • Calotarsa durangoensis Kessel & Young, 1974 c g
  • Calotarsa insignis Aldrich, 1906 i c g b
  • Calotarsa mexicana Kessel & Young, 1974 c g
  • Calotarsa pallipes (Loew, 1866) i c g b
  • Calotarsa simplex Kessel, 1974 i c g

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

References

  1. ^ Townsend, C.H.T. (1894). "A very remarkable and anomalous syrphid, with peculiarly developed hind tarsi". The Canadian Entomologist. 26: 50–52. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Calotarsa Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
  3. ^ a b "Browse Calotarsa". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
  4. ^ a b "Calotarsa". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
  5. ^ a b "Calotarsa Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-28.

Further reading

  • 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.
Taxon identifiers
Calotarsa
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