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Parapiophila xanthopoda Melander & Spuler

Description

Parapiophila xanthopoda (Melander & Spuler)

NBP/NIS material examined. 2 ♂, 1 ♀ from the following sites: Manitoba: Churchill; Northwest Territories: Yellowknife (vi.1952; viii.1952) (CNC).

Comments. Parapiophila xanthopoda was previously recorded in western Canada (including Manitoba) and USA (Melander & Spuler 1917; McAlpine 1977).

Notes

Published as part of Rochefort, Sabrina & Wheeler, Terry A., 2015, Diversity of Piophilidae (Diptera) in northern Canada and description of a new Holarctic species of Parapiophila McAlpine, pp. 229-240 in Zootaxa 3925 (2) on page 238, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3925.2.5, http://zenodo.org/record/240714

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Piophilidae
Genus
Parapiophila
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Diptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Melander & Spuler
Species
xanthopoda
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Melander, A. L. & Spuler, A. (1917) The dipterous families Sepsidae and Piophilidae. Washington Agricultural Experiment Station, Bulletin No. 143, 97 pp.
  • McAlpine, J. F. (1977) A revised classification of the Piophilidae, including ' Neottiophilidae' and ' Thyreophoridae' (Diptera: Schizophora). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, 103, 1 - 66. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.4039 / entm 109103 fv