Genus Coenomyia

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers

Some More of the same - Coenomyia ferruginea

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Big yellow Xylophagid - Coenomyia ferruginea

Another large fly - Coenomyia ferruginea

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Orthorrhapha" (Brachycera excluding Aschiza and Schizophora))

Infraorder Xylophagomorpha

Family Xylophagidae

Genus Coenomyia

Explanation of Names

Author of genus is Latreille1796. Compound of coeno (New Latin, from Greek koino-, common) and Greek myia, fly. (Based on Internet searches.)

Numbers

Nearctica.com lists one species, ferruginea

Contributed by Martin Hauser on 14 June, 2006 - 6:27pm
Additional contributions by cotinis
Last updated 25 April, 2007 - 9:30am

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