Species Coenosia humilis - Tiger Fly

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Remarks · Internet References

tiger fly female, Coenosia humulis - Coenosia humilis - female

Tiger fly eating midge - Coenosia humilis

Coenosia cf. humilis? - Coenosia humilis

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon (Calyptratae)

Superfamily Muscoidea

Family Muscidae

Subfamily Coenosiinae

Tribe Coenosiini

Genus Coenosia (Tiger Flies)

Species humilis (Tiger Fly)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

First described in 1826 by Johann Wilhelm Meigen as Coenosia humilis (humulis is a misspelling)

Anthomyza nana Zetterstedt, 1845

Explanation of Names

humilis is Latin for "lowly, small, slight, humble, insignificant"

Remarks

Non-native. Introduced from the Old World.

Internet References

Systematich Beschreiben der bekannten zweiflëgeligen Insekten, v.5, p.221 Meigen's original description of the species (In German, with Fraktur lettering)

Diptera Info Forum

ITIS

Contributed by Devin Carroll on 30 April, 2005 - 10:36pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Keith Bayless, Chuck Entz
Last updated 28 September, 2011 - 10:55am

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