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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Muscoidea » House Flies and kin (Muscidae) » Phaoniinae » Helina

Genus Helina

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Food · Print References · Works Cited
Bench Fly? - Helina - male fly - Helina troene - male Fly - Helina procedens - female Fly - Helina procedens - female muscid fly - Helina - female muscid - Helina evecta - male Muscid fly - Helina troene - male Helina rufitibia - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Calyptratae)
Superfamily Muscoidea
Family Muscidae (House Flies and kin)
Subfamily Phaoniinae
Genus Helina
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
probably not monophyletic(1)
Explanation of Names
Helina Robineau-Desvoidy 1830
Numbers
Nearctica lists 60 species. The second largest genus of Muscidae in North America.
Range
worldwide(1)
Food
larvae prey on other insect larvae(1); one record of feeding on chafer larvae here
Print References
(2)
Works Cited
1.Manual of Central American Diptera
Brian V. Brown et al. 2009. NRC Research Press.
2.Nearctic Helina Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera, Muscidae)
Snyder, F.M. 1949. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History v. 94 (3): 111-160.
Contributed by Keith Bayless on 30 October, 2008 - 8:05pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Bbarnd, v belov
Last updated 15 December, 2012 - 5:42pm

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