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Species Xylophagus lugens

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)
Family Xylophagidae
Genus Xylophagus
No Taxon (Subgenus Xylophagus)
Species lugens (Xylophagus lugens)
Explanation of Names
Xylophagus lugens Loew 1863
Range
e. NA (NB-GA to ON-MN-IA)(1)
Works Cited
1.A catalog of the World Xylophagidae (Insecta: Diptera)
Woodley N.E. 2011. Myia 12: 455–500.