Minettia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
(a genus of lauxaniid flies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Minettia fasciata
a lauxaniid fly
(Click to open)
 		Species 24 images 1 ident. refs
Minettia inusta
a lauxaniid fly
Female (Click to open)
 		Species 20 images
Minettia longipennis
a lauxaniid fly
Female (Click to open)
 		Species 10 images
Minettia lupulina
a lauxaniid fly
(Click to open)
 		Species 1 images
[Minettia fasciata agg.]
a group of lauxaniid flies
Male (Click to open)
 		Informal 1 subtaxa 27 images 3 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusMinettia (a genus of lauxaniid flies)
FamilyLAUXANIIDAE (lauxaniid flies)
SuperfamilyLAUXANIOIDEA (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

Species With Lateroventral Black Scutellar Spots

() Merz, B. 2004 Revision of the Minettia fasciata species-group (Diptera, Lauxaniidae) Revue suisse de Zoologie Vol 111 (1): 183-211.

Minettia (a genus of lauxaniid flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Minettia (a genus of lauxaniid flies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Minettia (a genus of lauxaniid flies)
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