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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 » Coboldia fuscipes

Species Coboldia fuscipes

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Habitat · Internet References · Works Cited
Fly in La Habra California3 - Coboldia fuscipes scatopsid - Coboldia fuscipes - male scatopsid - Coboldia fuscipes - male Scatopsidae? - Coboldia fuscipes Mating Minute Black Scavenger Flies - Coboldia fuscipes - male - female Scatopsini? - Coboldia fuscipes Small Black Colored Fly - Coboldia fuscipes Lawnmower fly - 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
Species fuscipes (Coboldia fuscipes)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Scatopse fuscipes Meigen, 1830
Colbodia formicarum Melander, 1916
Range
Cosmopolitan
Habitat
Larvae in "all kinds of decaying plant and animal material"(1)
Internet References
(See Genus page)
Works Cited
1.Manual of Nearctic Diptera Volume 1
Varies for each chapter; edited by J.F. McAlpine, B.V. Petersen, G.E. Shewell, H.J. Teskey, J.R. Vockeroth, D.M. Wood. 1981. Research Branch Agriculture Canada.
Contributed by John F. Carr on 5 April, 2012 - 8:37pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 19 July, 2012 - 7:43am

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