Micropeza Meigen 1803
- 1. College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America.
- 2. Kloosterlaan 6, NL 4111 LG Zoelmond, the Netherlands
- 3. Insect Biosystematics Laboratory, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul 151 - 921, Republic of Korea. & Research Institute for Agricultural and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 151 - 921, Republic of Korea
Description
Genus Micropeza Meigen, 1803
Micropeza Meigen, 1803: 276.
Type species: Musca corrigiolata Linnaeus, 1767
Diagnosis. Micropeza in East Asia can be recognized by the following characteristics: Slender, gracile Micropezidae (~ 7mm); head conoid, triangular in lateral view; fronto-orbital bristles absent; katepisternum with long bristles ventrally; wing hyaline without any markings, without crossvein bm-cu; middle and hind tibia with rows of sparsely distributed short, erect dorsal bristles.
Distribution and diversity. This genus is distributed worldwide, and contains 92 known species. There are 20 species currently recognized in the Palearctic region.
Remarks. Larvae of Micropeza corrigiolata (Linnaeus) are known to develop from legume root nodules (Müller, 1957)
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Micropezidae
- Genus
- Micropeza
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Diptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Meigen
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Micropeza Meigen, 1803 sec. Kim, Weele & Lee, 2022
References
- Muller, H. (1957) Leguminosenknollchen als Nahrungsquelle heimischer Micropezidae- (Tylidae) Larven (Diptera). Zur Morphologie und Biologie der bisher unbekannten Larve von Micropeza corrigiolata L. (Tylos corrigiolatus L.). Beitrage zur Entomologie, 7, 247 - 262.