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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Muscoidea » House Flies and kin (Muscidae) » Helina

Genus Helina

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So who's this hiding on the cactus? - Helina Muscid - Helina unknown fly - Helina Fly - Helina - male Fly - Helina - male Fly - Helina Fly - Helina - female Fly - Helina - female
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 Helina
Explanation of Names
Author: Robineau-Desvoidy 1830.
Numbers
Nearctica lists 60 species. The second largest genus of Muscidae in North America.
Contributed by Keith Bayless on 30 October, 2008 - 8:05pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 8 November, 2009 - 4:43am

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