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Subgenus Achaetella

unknown fly - Cordilura varipes fly - Cordilura varipes - female Fly - Cordilura varipes - male Unknown fly - Cordilura varipes - male dark fly - Cordilura varipes Cordilura? - Cordilura varipes fly - Cordilura varipes Cordilura from Alberta - Cordilura varipes
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
No Taxon Subgenus Achaetella
Numbers
2 species
Identification
Glossy black flies with reduced bristles on thorax and head. The legs with distinct yellow-and-black coloration. Unlike subgenus Cordilurina, lacking presutural acrostichal setulae.