Pseudotephritis approximata

Pseudotephritis approximata is a species of ulidiid or picture-winged fly in the genus Pseudotephritis of the family Ulidiidae.[2]

  • Pseudotephritis approximata ovipositing into a log
  • Approximate distribution of Pseudotephritis approximata in the United States. States where the fly is found are shown in purple.
    Approximate distribution of Pseudotephritis approximata in the United States. States where the fly is found are shown in purple.

Pseudotephritis approximata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Ulidiidae
Subfamily: Otitinae
Tribe: Myennidini
Genus: Pseudotephritis
Species:
P. approximata
Binomial name
Pseudotephritis approximata
Banks, 1914[1]
Pseudotephritis approximata
Pseudotephritis approximata

Distribution

Pseudotephritis approximata is found in the United States (Iowa, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and south to Mississippi and Virginia).

References
  1. Banks, N. (1914). "A new ortalid fly". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 16: 138. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  2. Kameneva, Elena P.; Korneyev, Valery A. (2006). "Myennidini, a new tribe of the subfamily Otitinae (Diptera: Ulidiidae), with discussion of the suprageneric classification of the family" (PDF). Israel Journal of Entomology. 35–36: 497–586. Retrieved 26 June 2022.

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