Rachicerus obscuripennis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Xylophagidae
Genus: Rachicerus
Species:
R. obscuripennis
Binomial name
Rachicerus obscuripennis
(Loew, 1863)[1]

Rachicerus obscuripennis is a North American Diptera of the Rachicerinae family. It is the only North American species with pectinate (comblike) flagellomeres (antenna segments).[2]

Distribution

United States.[2]

References

  1. โ†‘ Loew, Hermann (1863). "Diptera Americae septentrionalis indigena. Centuria tertia". Berl. Entomol. Z. 7: 1โ€“55. doi:10.1002/mmnd.18630070104.
  2. 1 2 Woodley, N.E. (2011). "A World Catalog of the Xylophagidae (Insecta: Diptera)". Myia. 12: 455โ€“500.
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