| Cordilura varipes | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Scathophagidae |
| Genus: | Cordilura |
| Species: | C. varipes |
| Binomial name | |
| Cordilura varipes (Walker, 1849) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Cordilura varipes is a species of dung fly in the family Scathophagidae. [1] [2] [3]
The Scathophagidae are a small family of Muscoidea which are often known as dung flies, although this name is not appropriate except for a few species of the genus Scathophaga which do indeed pass their larval stages in animal dung. The name probably derives from the yellow dung fly, which is one of the most abundant and ubiquitous flies in many parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
Phytocoris varipes is a species of plant bugs belonging to the family Miridae, subfamily Mirinae.
Naroma varipes, the fig tree moth, is a moth in the subfamily Lymantriinae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is native to tropical and southern Africa. Its larval food plants include the fig species Ficus thonningii, F. sur and F. natalensis. They have white hindwings and creamy white forewings that are marked with a row of dark dots.
Cordilura albipes is a species of fly in the family Scathophagidae. It is found in the Palearctic.
Stenocerus is a genus of fungus weevils in the beetle family Anthribidae. There are more than 20 described species in Stenocerus.
Rhammatocerus is a genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Gomphocerinae and the tribe Scyllinini. There are about 16 described species in Rhammatocerus, including R. schistocercoides, the "Mato Grosso locust".
Sylvicola is a genus of wood gnats in the family Anisopodidae. There are more than 80 described species in Sylvicola.
Scelolyperus is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are more than 20 described species in Scelolyperus. They are found in North America, Mexico, and the Palaearctic.
Scathophaginae is a subfamily of dung flies in the family Scathophagidae. There are at least 30 genera and 130 described species in Scathophaginae.
Cordilura setosa is a species of dung fly in the family Scathophagidae.
Cordilura is a genus of dung flies in the family Scathophagidae. There are more than 90 described species in Cordilura.
Cordilura munda is a species of dung fly in the family Scathophagidae.
Cordilura scapularis is a species of dung fly in the family Scathophagidae.
Scelolyperus varipes is a species of skeletonizing leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Central America and North America.
Myolepta varipes , the Orange-banded Pegleg , is an uncommon species of syrphid fly observed in the eastern half of the United States. Hoverflies can remain nearly motionless in flight. The adults are also known as flower flies, for they are commonly found on flowers from which they get both energy-giving nectar and protein-rich pollen. The larvae of this genus are found in the rot holes of deciduous trees.
Cordilura fuscipes is a species of dung fly in the family Scathophagidae.
Prochyliza is a genus of waltzing flies in the family Piophilidae. There are about 11 described species in Prochyliza.
Cordilura emarginata is a species of dung fly in the family Scathophagidae.
Carea varipes is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1856. It is found in Oriental region to Sundaland.
Platycheirus varipes is a rare species of syrphid fly observed in Northern Europe: Norway, Sweden, Finland; Greenland; central Asiatic Russia; and in North America from Alaska and Canada south to Colorado, via mountain chains.
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