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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Gnats, Gall Midges, and March Flies (Bibionomorpha) » Minute Black Scavenger Flies (Scatopsidae) » Scatopsinae » Swammerdamellini » Coboldia

Genus Coboldia

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Internet References
Minute Black Scavenger Fly? - Coboldia fuscipes Coboldia fuscipes? - Coboldia fuscipes Fly in La Habra California3 - Coboldia fuscipes Fly in La Habra California3 - Coboldia fuscipes scatopsid - Coboldia fuscipes - male Scatopsidae? - Coboldia fuscipes Scatopsidae? - Coboldia fuscipes minute black scavenger fly larva - Coboldia fuscipes
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera))
Infraorder Bibionomorpha (Gnats, Gall Midges, and March Flies)
Family Scatopsidae (Minute Black Scavenger Flies)
Subfamily Scatopsinae
Tribe Swammerdamellini
Genus Coboldia
Explanation of Names
"The derivation of the generic name is from Kobold, a mischievous goblin of German folk-lore inhabiting mines and caves." The first species of the genus was found in carpenter ant nests. (Original description)
Range
Cosmopolitan
Internet References
The Diptera Site
Contributed by John F. Carr on 5 April, 2012 - 8:36pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 24 November, 2017 - 6:30pm

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