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Athericidae - US/Canada (in development)

Authors: Even Dankowicz

Last updated: May 2019

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Athericidae of the United States, Canada

P. chagnoni, WI, © Ilona L., BugGuide / CC BY-ND-NC

P. undata, VA, © pbedell, iNaturalist / CC BY-NC

Hyperoscelis eximia © Unspecified, Tromso University Museum, BoldSystems / CC-BY-NC-SA

Male eye separation

Suragina concinna

SW TX

Atherix pachypus

Alaska to N CA, UT, AZ, NM, CO, WY

Less than ½ anterior ocellus width

Atherix lantha

Southeastern USA west to east TX, east OK, south MO, south IL, south Kentucky, and northeastern USA/Canada east of OH and eastern Michigan

Less than ½ anterior ocellus width

Atherix variegata

Midwestern USA/Canada from SD, Manitoba to western IN and western MI, western ON

More than ½ anterior ocellus width

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References

Sources for this entire project include:

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References

Other sources consulted for this specific document include:

  • Webb, 1977. The Nearctic Athericidae (Insecta: Diptera). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 50(4):473-495.