Omphalophora

Omphalophora is a genus of snipe flies of the family Rhagionidae. They are delicate to fairly robust flies, from 3 to 10 mm. they are entirely black or brown in colour.[3]

For the snout moth genus invalidly named Omphalophora, see Acyperas.

Omphalophora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Rhagionidae
Subfamily: Spaniinae
Genus: Omphalophora
Becker, 1900[1]
Type species
Omphalophora oculata
Becker, 1900[1]
Synonyms

Species
  • Omphalophora arctica (Frey, 1918)[2]
  • Omphalophora cinereofasciata (Schilling, 1838)[4]
  • Omphalophora fasciata (Loew, 1870)[5]
  • Omphalophora lapponica Frey, 1911[6]
  • Omphalophora majuscula (Loew, 1870)[5]
  • Omphalophora nigripilosa (Hardy & McGuire, 1947)[7]
  • Omphalophora oculata Becker, 1900[1]

References
  1. Becker, T. (1900). "Die Leptiden-Formen im Gebiete der Europaisch-Asiatischen und Mittelmeer-Fauna". Entomologische Nachrichten. 26: 97–116. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  2. Frey, R. (1918). "Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Dipterenfauna des nordl. europäische n Russlands. II. Dipteren aus Archangelsk". Acta Societatis Pro Fauna et Flora Fennica. 46 (2): 1–32. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  3. Kerr, Peter H. (2010). "Phylogeny and classification of Rhagionidae, with implications for Tabanomorpha (Diptera: Brachycera)". Zootaxa. 2592 (1): 1–133. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2397.1.1.
  4. Schilling, P.S. (1838). "Bericht über die Arbeiten der entomologischen Section im Jahre 1837". Uebersicht Arb. Verand. Schesischen Ges. Vaterl. Kultur Im Jahre 1837. Breslau. 1837: 99–112.
  5. Loew, H. (1870). "Diptera Americae septentrionalis indigena. Centuria nona". Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 13(1869): 129–186. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  6. Frey, R. (1911). "Zur Kenntnis der Dipterenfauna Finlands". Acta Societatis Pro Fauna et Flora Fennica. 34 (6): 59 pp., 3 pls., 1 map. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  7. Hardy, D.E.; McGuire, J.U. (1947). "The Nearctic Ptiolina (Rhagionidae-Diptera)". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 20: 1–15, 1 pl.
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