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Genus Coelopa

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily Sciomyzoidea
Family Coelopidae (Kelp Flies)
Genus Coelopa
Numbers
4 sp. in N. America. (1)
Range
Coastal (1)
Habitat
Rotting kelp (1)
Works Cited
1.Manual of Nearctic Diptera Volume 2
Varies for each chapter; edited by J.F. McAlpine, B.V. Petersen, G.E. Shewell, H.J. Teskey, J.R. Vockeroth, D.M. Wood. 1987. Research Branch Agriculture Canada.
Contributed by Keith Bayless on 23 August, 2007 - 10:40am
Additional contributions by metrioptera
Last updated 27 November, 2015 - 2:43pm

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