Coenosia tigrina

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Coenosia tigrina
Coenosia tigrina, Trawscoed, North Wales, Aug 2010 (16181380013).jpg
Coenosia tigrina North Wales
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Muscidae
Genus: Coenosia
Species:
C. tigrina
Binomial name
Coenosia tigrina
(Fabricius, 1775)

Coenosia tigrina, the hunter fly, killer fly, [1] or common tiger fly, [2] is a species of fly in the family Muscidae. Like other members of the genus, adults are predators that hunt flying insects, while larvae feed on earthworms. [3] It is found in the Palearctic. [4] [5]

References

  1. "Species Coenosia tigrina". BugGuide.net.
  2. "Tiger Fly Coenosia tigrina".
  3. Morris, Dael E.; Cloutier, Conrad (31 May 2012). "BIOLOGY OF THE PREDATORY FLY COENOSIA TIGRINA (FAB.)(DIPTERA: ANTHOMYIIDAE): REPRODUCTION, DEVELOPMENT, AND LARVAL FEEDING ON EARTHWORMS IN THE LABORATORY" . The Canadian Entomologist. 119 (4). Cambridge University Press: 381–393. doi:10.4039/Ent119381-4.
  4. Fauna Europaea
  5. Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Parts I, II. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi. ISBN   81-205-0080-6 ISBN   81-205-0081-4