Genus Coenosia - Tiger Flies

Classification · Numbers · Range · Food · Remarks · Internet References

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon (Calyptratae)

Superfamily Muscoidea

Family Muscidae (House Flies and kin)

Genus Coenosia (Tiger Flies)

Numbers

Nearctica lists 100 species.

Range

Worldwide

Food

Predatory. Some are considered beneficial as pest controls.

Remarks

Common and speciose group of Muscids.

Some species, C. attenuate for instance, have been introduced accidentally from the Palearctic region, perhaps with potted plants.

Internet References

Diptera Info

Contributed by Devin Carroll on 30 April, 2005 - 10:36pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Keith Bayless, Chuck Entz
Last updated 6 December, 2009 - 6:20pm

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