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Species Opalimosina mirabilis

Opalimosina mirabilis - NEW GENUS - Opalimosina mirabilis - male Opalimosina mirabilis - NEW GENUS - Opalimosina mirabilis - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily Sphaeroceroidea
Family Sphaeroceridae (Lesser Dung Flies)
Subfamily Limosininae
Genus Opalimosina
Species mirabilis (Opalimosina mirabilis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Limosina mirabilis Collin, 1902
Identification
Long, spur originating near the middle of the underside of the hind tibia (not apical as in some Sphaerocerinae).
Range
Nearly cosmopolitan. Introduced in New World.
Habitat
"It is a polysaprophagous species, predominantly on dung, less frequently on compost."(1)
Works Cited
1.Manual of Central American Diptera
Brian V. Brown et al. 2009. NRC Research Press.