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Prochyliza

Martín-Vega, Daniel;Ebejer, Martin J.;Whitmore, Daniel

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Prochyliza

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Prochyliza is a genus of waltzing flies in the family Piophilidae. There are about 11 described species in Prochyliza.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderDiptera
  5. FamilyPiophilidae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
43
With media
14
Family
Piophilidae
Collections
UAM, KU, DCH, UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH, CENTRE FOR BIODIVERSITY GENOMICS, CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, OH (CLEV)
Recorded in
United States, Canada

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taxon name
Prochyliza
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Prochyliza
taxon common name
Waltzing Flies
diel cycle
diurnality
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Prochyliza is a genus of waltzing flies in the family Piophilidae. There are about 11 described species in Prochyliza.

==Species== These 11 species belong to the genus Prochyliza: Prochyliza azteca McAlpine, 1977 Prochyliza brevicornis Melander, 1924 Prochyliza georgekaplani Martin-Vega Prochyliza ignifera Prochyliza inca McAlpine, 1977 Prochyliza lundbecki (Duda, 1924) Prochyliza nigricornis (Meigen, 1826) Prochyliza nigricoxa (Melander & Spuler, 1917) Prochyliza nigrimana (Meigen, 1826) Prochyliza varipes (Meigen, 1830) Prochyliza xanthostoma Walker, 1849

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