Species Coenosia tigrina

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · Internet References

Fly (Muscoidea?) with prey - Coenosia tigrina

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 Coenosiinae

Tribe Coenosiini

Genus Coenosia (Tiger Flies)

Species tigrina (Coenosia tigrina)

Other Common Names

"Hunter flies" or "Killer flies" (applicable to the species group)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

North America form described as Coenosia sexmaculata Walker 1849, presumably after the six spots on the abdomen.

Size

Male up to 5.75 mm, female up to 7.0 mm long

Identification

Distinguished from other Coenosia by the combination of a pair of bristles very close to each other on the middle of the hind tibia and the mid and hind femora black with red tips.

Range

Native to Europe. Introduced in the early 1800s. Found in northeastern and western United States and adjacent Canada.

Habitat

Common in greenhouses.

Food

Predatory.

Internet References

Commaster

Contributed by John F. Carr on 20 May, 2011 - 6:52pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 16 December, 2011 - 7:29pm

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