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Genus Azelia

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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 (House Flies and kin)
Subfamily Azeliinae
Tribe Azeliini
Genus Azelia
Explanation of Names
Azelia Robineau-Desvoidy 1830
Numbers
4 spp. in our area, 14-15 total(1)
Size
body 2.5-5.5 mm(1)
Range
worldwide, mostly Eurasia; all the spp. occurring in NA have holarctic distributions(1)
Habitat
larvae in excrement, mostly of large mammal herbivores (a few common and widespread spp. also utilize non-herbivore feces)(1)
Works Cited
1.Review of the world fauna of the genus Azelia (Diptera, Muscidae)
Vikhrev N.E. 2015. Amur. zool. J. 7: 33-42.