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Genus Themira

Antlike Scavenger Fly - Themira - female

Flies attracted to chicken manure - Themira nigricornis - male - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")

Superfamily Sciomyzoidea

Family Sepsidae (Black Scavenger Flies)

Genus Themira

Explanation of Names

Themira Robineau-Desvoidy 1830

Numbers

~40 spp. total

Identification

Lacks wing spots and has no bristles on anepisternum (= the large dorsal sclerite of the sides of the thorax).

Habitat

Some are found on or near carrion. Others breed in dung.

Contributed by Matthias Buck on 3 May, 2008 - 8:29am
Additional contributions by tom murray, Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 30 May, 2023 - 7:23pm

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