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Species Pollenia vagabunda

cluster fly - Pollenia vagabunda - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon (Calyptratae)

Superfamily Oestroidea

Family Polleniidae

Genus Pollenia (Cluster flies)

Species vagabunda (Pollenia vagabunda)

Explanation of Names

Author: Meigen, 1826

Range

Most records are from Northeastern and Northwestern United States and adjacent Canada. Introduced from Europe before 1958.(1)

Internet References

Ecology of Commanster. Some images.

EoL

Works Cited

1.	Cluster flies (Calliphoridae: Polleniinae: Pollenia) of North America Adam Jewiss-Gaines, Stephen A. Marshall, and Terry L. Whitworth. 2012. Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification.

Contributed by A.W. Thomas on 20 May, 2008 - 7:16pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Vox Sciurorum
Last updated 1 October, 2015 - 1:18pm

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