Trixoscelis is a genus of flies in the family Heleomyzidae.[1][2] For the most part they are small to minute flies found in warm semi-arid conditions on sand dunes, dry grasslands or shrubby places. They are widely distributed in the Palaearctic.[3]

Trixoscelis
Trixoscelis marginella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Heleomyzidae
Genus: Trixoscelis
Rondani, 1856
Type species
Geomyza obscurella
Fallén, 1823
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Species

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These 94 species belong to the genus Trixoscelis:

Data sources: i = ITIS,[5] c = Catalogue of Life,[6] g = GBIF,[7] b = Bugguide.net[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Fauna Europaea". European Commission. Archived from the original on August 10, 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d Hackman, Walter (1970). "Trixoscelidae (Diptera) from Southern Spain and Description of a New Trixoscelis Species from Northern Europe". Entomologica Scandinavica. 1 (2). Scandinavian Society of Entomology.: 127–134. doi:10.1163/187631270x00168. ISSN 0013-8711.
  3. ^ a b c d e Woźnica, Andrzej J. (2007). "New records of the Turkish Sunflies (Diptera: Trixoscelididae) with description of a new Trixoscelis species". Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum (Entomology). 14–15: 59–64.
  4. ^ a b Loew, Hermann (1865). "Ueber die europaischen Arten der Gattung Geomyza" (PDF). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. 9: 14–25. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  5. ^ a b "Trixoscelis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  6. ^ "Browse Trixoscelis". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  7. ^ "Trixoscelis". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  8. ^ "Trixoscelis Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-03.