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Genus Neomyia

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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 Muscinae
Tribe Muscini
Genus Neomyia
Explanation of Names
Neomyia Walker 1859
Numbers
a single (adventive) species in the New World(1)
Range
Native to the Old World. Neomyia cornicina is now found worldwide.
See Also
Superficially similar to Lucilia (Calliphoridae)
Works Cited
1.Manual of Central American Diptera
Brian V. Brown et al. 2009. NRC Research Press.
Contributed by John F. Carr on 15 June, 2011 - 1:23pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 15 December, 2012 - 2:12pm

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