Lipara Meigen, 1830
(chloropid reed-gall flies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Lipara lucens
Cigar Gall - causative organism
Female (Click to open)
 		Species 16 images
Lipara pullitarsis
a chloropid fly
Species 2 ident. refs
Lipara rufitarsis
a chloropid fly
Species 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusLipara (chloropid reed-gall flies)
FamilyCHLOROPIDAE (chloropid flies)
SuperfamilyCARNOIDEA (a superfamily of acalypterate flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Acalyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Chvala, M., Doskocil, J., Mook, J.H. & Pokorny, V. 1974 The genus Lipara Meigen (Diptera, Chloropidae), systematics, morphology, behaviour, and ecology Tijdschrift voor Entomologie Vol 117: 1-33.

Lipara (chloropid reed-gall flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Lipara (chloropid reed-gall flies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 13 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Lipara (chloropid reed-gall flies)
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