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Genus Cordyligaster

Which Fly? - Cordyligaster septentrionalis fly - Cordyligaster septentrionalis Unknown Diptera - Cordyligaster septentrionalis unidentified Diptera 2 - Cordyligaster septentrionalis Fly - Cordyligaster septentrionalis Cordyligaster septentrionalis Cordyligaster septentrionalis Cordyligaster septentrionalis? - Cordyligaster septentrionalis
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Calyptratae)
Superfamily Oestroidea
Family Tachinidae (Parasitic Flies)
Subfamily Dexiinae
Tribe Sophiini
Genus Cordyligaster
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Eucordyligaster Townsend 1917
Explanation of Names
Cordyligaster Macquart 1844
Greek 'clubbed belly'
Numbers
a single species in our area(1)
Range
New World(2); in our area, e. US(1)
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