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Species Dimecoenia spinosa

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")

Superfamily Ephydroidea

Family Ephydridae (Shore Flies)

Subfamily Ephydrinae

Tribe Ephydrini

Genus Dimecoenia

Species spinosa (Dimecoenia spinosa)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Dimecoenia spinosa (Loew, 1864)

Synonyms:

Coenia spinosa Loew, 1864

Size

4.4 to 6 mm (1)

Range

Coastal. New Brunswick south to Jamaica/Mexico, and San Francisco to Mexico. (1)

Habitat

Salt marshes, occasionally seen in nearby freshwater habitats. (1)

Food

Feed on organic material in algae/mud in salt marshes. (1)

Works Cited

1.	Studies of Ephydrinae (Diptera: Ephydridae), V: The genera Cirrula Cresson and Dimecoenia Cresson in North America Mathis, W.N. and K.W. Simpson. 1981. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 329: 1-51.

Contributed by Brad Barnd on 8 July, 2017 - 6:28pm

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