Species Coenomyia ferruginea

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Season · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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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

Species ferruginea (Coenomyia ferruginea)

Other Common Names

Stinkfliegen (Stinking flies)--family (German)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

First described in 1763 by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli as Musca ferruginea

Explanation of Names

ferruginea is Latin for "rusty", which describes the color of the entire fly.

Size

16-18 mm

Range

Includes eastern North America: noted from North Carolina, Wisconsin, Minnesota. Internet searches also show presence in Eurasia.

Season

April-June (North Carolina)

Print References

Brimley, p. 329, lists from Piedmont North Carolina in June, and mountains May-June (1).

Internet References

Insects of Cedar Creek

North Carolina State University Entomology Collection--10 pinned, including specimens from that state

German Wikipedia article--gives length

Entomologia Carniolia, p.340 Original species description (in Latin)

Works Cited

1.	Insects of North Carolina By C.S. Brimley

Contributed by Martin Hauser on 14 June, 2006 - 6:27pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Chuck Entz
Last updated 12 June, 2009 - 11:56pm

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