Hypocerides Schmitz 1915
- Dataset
- Taxonomy and the unusual morphological similarity among Hypocerides Schmitz species (Diptera: Phoridae)
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Diptera
- family
- Phoridae
- genus
- Hypocerides
description
(Figs. 3, 4, 7 D, 7 J – K) Among all specimens analyzed here, the only one with more pronounced morphological differences is the female from Madagascar. This specimen has the greatest body length, a more setulose frons (Fig. 3), and the M 1 ending more posteriorly on the wing than the other specimens (Fig. 4). However, these characteristics were not considered enough evidence to consider it as a different species. Possibly, males from Madagascar could be informative regarding the identity of specimens from this island.