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Psellidotus

Keith Bayless
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Containing group: Stratiomyinae

Introduction

There are 25 species of Psellidotus native to the Neotropical region, 18 to the Nearctic, and 3 are shared between the two regions. The species were previously erroneously placed in the genus Labostigmina until it was synonymized with Psellidotus (Woodley 2001).

Characteristics

Psellidotus is distinguished from other Nearctic Stratiomyini by the spined scutellum with the spines approximated, the antenna with five flagellomeres without forming a stylus, the antenna flagellum cylindrical, the face produced or tuberculate, and the head not wider than the thorax (James 1981).

References

James, M.T. 1981. 36. Stratiomyidae. Manual Nearct. Dipt. 1: 497-511.

Woodley, N. E. 2001. A World Catalog of the Stratiomyidae (Insecta: Diptera). Myia 11: 1-473. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden.

Information on the Internet

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Scientific Name Psellidotus auripes
Location Mexico: Acapulco Gro.
Specimen Condition Dead Specimen
Identified By James
Life Cycle Stage Adult
Collection California Academy of Sciences
Type Holotype
Source Psellidotus auripes
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