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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Muscoidea » Dung Flies (Scathophagidae) » Scathophaginae » Cordilura » Subgenus Achaetella (Cordilura Subgenus Achaetella) » Cordilura varipes

Species Cordilura varipes

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Fly - Cordilura varipes - male Fly - Cordilura varipes Fly - Cordilura varipes - male Micropezidae? - Cordilura varipes 22May2018.BF.HN.Dip6 - Cordilura varipes Fly - Cordilura varipes Fly - Cordilura varipes wNC fly - Cordilura varipes - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Calyptratae)
Superfamily Muscoidea
Family Scathophagidae (Dung Flies)
Subfamily Scathophaginae
Genus Cordilura
No Taxon (Subgenus Achaetella)
Species varipes (Cordilura varipes)
Identification
Distinctive black and yellow patterned legs, and wing with darkened tip and dm-cu crossvein. Thoracic bristles reduced. Postocellar bristles absent.
Food
According to ION (below), a predator of the biting midge Culicoides variipennis (Ceratopogonidae). Larvae develop in stems of Carex, specifically C. torta, C. lurida, C. intumescens, C.stricta, C.vulpinoidea, C.crinita, C.rostrata, and C.frankii (Neff & Wallace 1969).
See Also
The closely related species Cordilura deceptiva is almost identical, but possesses small postocellar bristles (Neff & Wallace 1969).
Print References
Neff, S.E. & Wallace, J.B. 1969. Observations on the immature stages of Cordilura (Achaetella) deceptiva and C. (A.) varipes. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 62: 775-785. Full Text
Internet References
ION
Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 6 February, 2007 - 8:29pm
Additional contributions by Chris Angell
Last updated 7 November, 2024 - 10:52am

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