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Species Mosillus tibialis

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily Ephydroidea
Family Ephydridae (Shore Flies)
Subfamily Gymnomyzinae
Genus Mosillus
Species tibialis (Mosillus tibialis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Mosillus tibialis Cresson, 1916
Identification
Face with a more or less square white patch on each side between antenna and eye. This patch is reduced to two spots in bidentata (a mostly western species) and drawn out into a point in stegmaieri (a coastal species).
Range
Widespread from southern Canada to Peru; introduced to Hawaii and possibly in South America