Lipochaeta (fly)

Lipochaeta
Lipochaeta ranica
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Superfamily: Ephydroidea
Family: Ephydridae
Genus:
Coquillett, 1896

Lipochaeta is a genus of new world shore flies in the Ephydridae family. Only two species are part of this genus:[1]

  • Lipochaeta slossonae Coquillett, 1896, found in the Eastern United States and Central America
  • Lipochaeta ranica Mathis and Trautwein, 2003, found in California and North Mexico.

References

  1. ^ "Genus Lipochaeta". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2022-07-08.