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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Muscoidea » Dung Flies (Scathophagidae) » Scathophaginae » Cordilura

Genus Cordilura

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Print References
Stilt-legged Fly? - Cordilura varipes Unknown fly... - Cordilura - male Sedge fly - Cordilura - male Dung Fly - Cordilura - male Cordilura - Cordilura munda Fly - Cordilura varipes - male dung fly wing - Cordilura adusta Fly - Cordilura varipes - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Calyptratae)
Superfamily Muscoidea
Family Scathophagidae (Dung Flies)
Subfamily Scathophaginae
Genus Cordilura
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Americina Malloch, 1923 (synonymy by Ozerov (2009))
Explanation of Names
Cordilura Fallen 1810
Numbers
>40 spp. in our area, ~100 total
Print References
Ozerov, A. L. 2009. Flies of the genus Parallelomma Becker in Strobl, 1894 (Diptera, Scathophagidae) of Russia. Russian Entomological Journal 18(4): 309–317.
Contributed by tom murray on 23 May, 2005 - 6:54am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, ceiseman, v belov
Last updated 8 February, 2024 - 4:52pm

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