''Parectecephala'' is a genus of grass flies in the family
Chloropidae
The Chloropidae are a family of flies commonly known as frit flies or grass flies. About 2000 described species are in over 160 genera distributed worldwide. These are usually very small flies, yellow or black and appearing shiny due to the virtu ...
. There are about 6 described species in ''Parectecephala''.
Species
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Parectecephala aristalis''
(Coquillett
Daniel William Coquillett (23 January 1856, Pleasant Valley, Ill. – 7 July 1911 Atlantic City, New Jersey) was an American entomologist who specialised in Diptera. He wrote a revision of the dipterous family Therevidae and many other scient ...
, 1898)
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Parectecephala dissimilis''
( Malloch, 1914)
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Parectecephala eucera''
( Loew, 1863)
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Parectecephala maculiceps''
Becker, 1912
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Parectecephala maculosa''
( Loew, 1872)
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Parectecephala sanguinolenta''
( Loew, 1863)
References
Further reading
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External links
Diptera.info
Chloropinae
Taxa named by Theodor Becker
Diptera of North America
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