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Genus Sepedon

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily Sciomyzoidea
Family Sciomyzidae (Marsh Flies, Snail-killing Flies)
Tribe Tetanocerini
Genus Sepedon
Explanation of Names
Sepedon Latreille 1804
Numbers
~20 spp. in our area(1)
Range
worldwide(2)
Food
Larvae are predatory.
Works Cited
1.Nearctic Diptera (Discover Life's IDnature guide)
2.Thompson F.C., Pape T., Evenhuis N.L. (2013) Systema Dipterorum, Version 1.5
Contributed by Martin Hauser on 7 June, 2006 - 1:02am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 4 December, 2014 - 8:05am

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