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Genus Saltella

Sepsidae, head & thorax - Saltella sphondylii small fly on dandelion - Saltella sphondylii small black fly - Saltella sphondylii Diptera - Saltella sphondylii red fly with raised legs - Saltella sphondylii black scavenger fly male maybe - Saltella sphondylii Sepsidae, Black Scavenger Fly, eye & thorax - Saltella sphondylii - male Sepsidae, Black Scavenger Fly, dorsal - Saltella sphondylii - male
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 Saltella
Explanation of Names
Saltella Robineau-Desvoidy 1830
Numbers
2 spp. in our area, 5 total(1)
Range
worldwide(1)
Works Cited
1.Sepsidnet
Contributed by Matthias Buck on 17 May, 2009 - 8:41pm
Additional contributions by v belov, Harsi S. Parker
Last updated 30 May, 2023 - 8:26pm

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