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Species Cyanus elongata

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Calyptratae)
Superfamily Oestroidea
Family Calliphoridae (Blow Flies)
Subfamily Calliphorinae
Genus Cyanus
Species elongata (Cyanus elongata)
Explanation of Names
Cyanus elongata (Hough 1898)
Identification
Differs from Calliphora in having both calypters white, an orange basicosta, and an elongate abdomen (longer than thorax)
Range
OR-CA to AB-ND-CO(1)
Habitat
Higher elevations(1)
Food
carrion
Remarks
rare in collections(1)
Works Cited
1.Keys to the genera and species of blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) of America north of Mexico
Whitworth T.L. 2006. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 108: 689–725.