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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Muscoidea » Dung Flies (Scathophagidae) » Scathophaginae » Cordilura » Cordilura varipes
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fly - Cordilura varipes
Copyright © 2010 tom murray

fly - Cordilura varipes
Woodford, Bennington County, Vermont, USA
May 27, 2010
Size: 9mm BL

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Contributed by tom murray on 29 May, 2010 - 1:56pm
Last updated 24 October, 2014 - 8:05pm

Moved
Moved from Dung Flies.
… John F. Carr, 24 October, 2014 - 8:05pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
Thanks Gerard. It looks like a large Cordilura.
… tom murray, 5 June, 2010 - 12:28pm login or register to post comments

 
Not Cordilura
Seems to have two katepisternal bristles.
… John F. Carr, 26 June, 2014 - 8:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Matches "Cordilura varipes"
It matches the "Cordilura varipes" originally placed in the guide, but according to the key in Manual of Nearctic Diptera that fly can not be Cordilura.
… John F. Carr, 24 October, 2014 - 8:04pm login or register to post comments

Scathophagidae
One of the less common dung flies!
Greetings
… Gerard Pennards, 5 June, 2010 - 12:19pm login or register to post comments

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