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Orthonevra
Sign in to saveOrthonevra is a genus of flies in the family Syrphidae. They are worldwide in distribution with at least 59 species identified concentrated mainly in eastern North America and Europe. Species of the genus Orthonevra are commonly called mucksuckers after the larvae which have been found in organic rich mud, i.e. muck. This genus belongs to the tribe Brachyopini that includes the prominent genera Melanogaster, Brachyopa, Neoascia and Sphegina.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderDiptera
- FamilySyrphidae
Orthonevra es un género de moscas sírfidas.[1][2][3] Miden de 4.5 a 7 mm. Los ojos, a menudo, tienen una o varias rayas que, a veces, parecen garabatos.[4] Especies Orthonevra aenethorax Kohli, Kapoor & Gupta, 1988[5] Orthonevra anniae (Sedman, 1966) Orthonevra argentina (Brèthes, 1922)[6] Orthonevra auritarsis Brădescu, 1992 Orthonevra bellula (Williston, 1882) Orthonevra brevicornis (Loew, 1843) Orthonevra ceratura (Stackelberg, 1952)[7] Orthonevra chilensis (Thompson, 1999) Orthonevra elegans (Meigen, 1822) Orthonevra erythrogona (Malm, 1863) Orthonevra flukei (Sedman, 1964) Orthonevra frontalis (Loew, 1843) Orthonevra gemmula (Violovitsh, 1979) Orthonevra geniculata (Meigen, 1830) Orthonevra gewgaw (Hull, 1941)[6] Orthonevra incisa (Loew, 1843) Orthonevra intermedia (Lundbeck, 1916)[8] Orthonevra inundata (Violovitsh, 1979)[7] Orthonevra karumaiensis (Matsumura, 1916)[7] Orthonevra kozlovi (Stackelberg, 1952)[7] Orthonevra labyrinthops (Hull, 1944j)[6] Orthonevra minuta (Hull, 1945) Orthonevra montana Vujić, 1999 Orthonevra neotropica (Shannon, 1925a)[6] Orthonevra nigrovittata (Loew, 1876) Orthonevra nitida (Wiedemann, 1830) Orthonevra nitidula (Curran, 1925)
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 88
- With media
- 9
- Family
- Syrphidae
- Collections
- UAM, MCGILL UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH, CENTRE FOR BIODIVERSITY GENOMICS, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA COLLECTION OF ARTHOPODS (UCFC)
- Recorded in
- United States, Canada, Brasil
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Orthonevra is a genus of flies in the family Syrphidae. They are worldwide in distribution with at least 59 species identified concentrated mainly in eastern North America and Europe. Species of the genus Orthonevra are commonly called mucksuckers after the larvae which have been found in organic rich mud, i.e. muck. This genus belongs to the tribe Brachyopini that includes the prominent genera Melanogaster, Brachyopa, Neoascia and Sphegina.
== Description == Species of the genus Orthonevra have black heads with blue to purple reflections. Many species have distinctive eye stripes. The antennae are somewhat elongate. (see image) The frons is wrinkled with silvery spots at sides of antennae. The thorax with small punctures dorsally and in several species the body is covered with scale-like pile. Wing vein M1 curves away from the wing tip.(see images) thumb| head diagram thumb|wing thumb| eye markings and scales
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