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Species Scathophaga nigrolimbata

Orange Creekside Fly - Scathophaga nigrolimbata

Orange Fly in West Virginia - Scathophaga nigrolimbata

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon (Calyptratae)

Superfamily Muscoidea

Family Scathophagidae (Dung Flies)

Subfamily Scathophaginae

Genus Scathophaga

Species nigrolimbata (Scathophaga nigrolimbata)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Scathophaga nigrolimbata Cresson, 1918

Identification

The palest species of Scathophaga in eastern USA.

Range

Northeastern USA and southeastern Canada

Contributed by John F. Carr on 12 October, 2014 - 9:04pm

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