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Calyptratae

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taxon links [up-->]Tachinidae [up-->]Fanniidae Not MonophyleticPhylogenetic position of group is uncertain[down<--]Schizophora Interpreting the tree
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Tree adapted from McAlpine and Woods 1989; Rognes 1997; Pape and Arnaud 2001.
Containing group: Schizophora

References

McAlpine, J. F. and D. M. Wood (eds.). 1989. Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Vol. 3. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Monograph 32.

Pape, T. and P. H. Arnaud. 2001. Bezzimyia - a genus of native New World Rhinophoridae (Insecta, Diptera). Zoologica Scripta. 30:257-297

Rognes, K. 1997. The Calliphoridae (Blowflies) (Diptera: Oestroidea) are not a monophyletic group. Cladistics 13:27-68.

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Scientific Name Lipoptena depressa
Location Northern California, USA
Comments Deer Ked, Deer Louse Fly. Hippobiscid flies are specialized external parasites of birds and mammals. In spite of their flattened tick-like appearance, these insects are actually related to house flies. Lipoptena depressa is the common deer ked of western North America.
Copyright © Alex Wild
Scientific Name Phaenicia sericata
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source #1252044
Source Collection Bugwood Network/Forestry Images
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License - Version 3.0.
Copyright © Joseph Berger
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