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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Muscoidea » Muscidae » Phaoniinae » Phaonia » Phaonia subventa

Species Phaonia subventa

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Calyptratae)
Superfamily Muscoidea
Family Muscidae
Subfamily Phaoniinae
Genus Phaonia
Species subventa (Phaonia subventa)
Explanation of Names
Phaonia subventa (Harris 1780)
Range
Native to Europe
Remarks
Larvae are in a wide variety of decaying matter; this is the only Phaonia in dung.(1)
Print References
Vikhrev, N.E. & Erofeeva, E.A. 2018. Review of the Phaonia pallida group (Diptera: Muscidae). Russian Entomological Journal 27: 315–322.
https://doi.org/10.15298/rusentj.27.3.14
Works Cited
1.The biology of the Muscidae of the world
Skidmore P. 1985. Springer, 550 pp.
Contributed by John F. Carr on 8 June, 2016 - 4:55pm
Additional contributions by v belov, Arturo Santos
Last updated 11 September, 2024 - 7:14pm

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