Cosmina (fly)

Cosmina
	Cosmina fuscipennis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Rhiniidae
Genus:	Cosmina ; Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
Type species
	Cosmina fuscipennis ; Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

Last updated February 06, 2026

Cosmina is a genus of flies in the family Rhiniidae.^[2]

Species

C. acoma Séguy, 1958^[3]
C. aenea (Fabricius, 1805)^[4]
C. aethiopissa Séguy, 1958^[3]
C. arabica Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830^[1]
C. aucheri Séguy, 1946^[5]
C. bagdadensis Mawlood & Abdul-Rassoul, 2008^[6]
C. bezziana Villeneuve, 1932^[7]
C. biplumosa (Senior-White, 1924)^[8]
C. calida Bezzi, 1923^[9]
C. claripennis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830^[1]
C. confusa Malloch, 1929^[10]
C. coomani Séguy, 1946^[5]
C. ebejeri Deeming, 1996^[11]
C. fishelsohni Rognes, 2002^[12]
C. fuscipennis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830^[1]
C. gracilis Curran, 1927^[13]
C. griseoviridis (Bezzi, 1914)^[14]
C. hainanensis Fang & Fan, 1988^[15]
C. limbipennis (Macquart, 1848)^[16]
C. madagascariensis (Zumpt, 1962)^[17]
C. maindroni Séguy, 1946^[5]
C. margaritae Peris, 1952^[18]
C. maroccana Séguy, 1949^[19]
C. metallina Becker, 1912^[20]
C. nepalica Kurahashi & Thapa, 1994
C. nigrocoerulea Malloch, 1926
C. nipae Kurahashi, 1995
C. par Zumpt, 1956
C. petiolata Malloch, 1926
C. pinangiana Bigot, 1874
C. prasina (Brauer & von Bergenstamm, 1889)^[21]
C. pseudoprasina Becker, 1912
C. punctulata Malloch, 1926
C. similans Becker, 1912
C. simplex (Walker, 1858)
C. testaceipes Peris, 1956
C. thailandica Kurahashi, 1995
C. undulata Malloch, 1926
C. upembae Zumpt, 1967
C. vanidae Kurahashi, 1995
C. villiersi (Zumpt, 1964)
C. viridia (Townsend, 1917)
C. viridis (Townsend, 1917)

References

1 2 3 4 5 Robineau-Desvoidy, André Jean Baptiste (1830). "Essai sur les myodaires". Mémoires presentés à l'Institut des Sciences, Lettres et Arts, par divers savants et lus dans ses assemblées: Sciences, Mathématiques et Physique. 2 (2): 1–813. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
↑ "Cosmina". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). Retrieved 31 May 2019.
1 2 Séguy, E. (1958). "Les Calliphores africaines du Museum (Diptères)". Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire A. 20: 142–192.
↑ Fabricius, Johann Christian (1805). Systema antliatorum secundum ordines, genera, species. Bransvigae: Apud Carolum Reichard. pp. i–xiv, 1–373. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
1 2 3 Séguy, E. (1946). "Calliphorides d'Extreme-Orient". Encycl. Ent. (B) Dipt. 10: 81–90.
↑ Mawlood, N.A.; Abdul-Rassoul, M.S. (2008). "A new species of Cosmina Rob.-Desvoidy, 1830 Iraq (Diptera, Calliphoridae)". Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum. 10 (3): 49–56. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
↑ Villeneuve, Joseph Th. de Janti (1932). "Descriptions de Myodaires superieurs du Nord Africain". Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France. 37: 284–286. doi:10.3406/bsef.1932.14493.
↑ Senior-White, R.A. (1924). "New and little known Oriental Tachinidae". Spolia Zeylan. 13: 103–119.
↑ Mario Bezzi (1923). "Diptera, Bombyliidae and Myiodaria (Coenosiinae, Muscinae, Calliphorinae, Sarcophaginae, Dexiinae, Tachininae), from the Seychelles and neighbouring Islands". Parasitology . 15 (1): 75–102. doi:10.1017/S0031182000014542.
↑ Malloch, J.R. (1929). "Exotic Muscaridae (Diptera).—XXVIII". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 4 (10): 322–341. doi:10.1080/00222932908673062.
↑ Deeming, J.C. (1996). "The Calliphoridae (Diptera: Cyclorrhapha) of Oman". Fauna Saudi Arabia. 15: 264–279.
↑ Rognes, Knut (2002). "Blowflies (Diptera, Calliphoridae) of Israel and adjacent areas, including a new species from Tunisia". Entomologica Scandinavica Suppl. 59: 1–148.
↑ Curran, C.H. (1927). "New Diptera from the Belgian Congo" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (246): 1–18. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
↑ Bezzi, Mario (1914). "Ditteri raccolti dal Prof. F. Silvestri durante il suo viaggio in Africa del 1912-13". Bollettino del Laboratorio di zoologia generale e agraria della R. Scuola superiore d'agricoltura in Portic. 8: 279–308. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
↑ Fang, J.; Fan, Z.D. (1988). "Discussion on the tribal subdivision of Rhiniinae with descriptions of two new species (Diptera: Calliphoridae)". Entomotaxonomia (in Chinese). 10: 183–189.
↑ Macquart, Pierre-Justin-Marie (1848). "Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. Suite du 2.me supplement. [=Suppl. 3] (2)". Mem. Soc. R. Sci. Agric. Arts, Lille. 1847 (2): 161–237, 7 pls.
↑ Zumpt, Fritz Konrad Ernst (1962). "The Calliphoridae of the madagascan region (Diptera). Part I. Calliphorinae". Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel. 73: 41–100.
↑ Peris, S.V. (1952). "Notas sobre Rhiniini con descripcion de nuevas formas". An. Estac. Exp. Aula dei. 2: 224–233.
↑ Séguy, E. (1949). "Diptères du Sud-Marocain (Vallee du Draa) recueillis par M. Berland en 1947". Rev. Fr. Entomol. 16: 152–161.
↑ Becker, T.; Stein, P. (1912). "Persische Dipteren von den Expeditionen des Herrn N. Zarudny 1898 und 1901". Bulletin de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences, St.-Pétersbourg. 12: 604–605.
↑ Brauer, F.; Bergenstamm, J. E. von (1889). "Die Zweiflugler des Kaiserlichen Museums zu Wien. IV. Vorarbeiten zu einer Monographie der Muscaria Schizometopa (exclusive Anthomyidae).Pars I". Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 56 (1): 69–180. Retrieved 25 November 2014.

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[Robineau-Desvoidy1830-1] 1 2 3 4 5 Robineau-Desvoidy, André Jean Baptiste (1830). "Essai sur les myodaires". Mémoires presentés à l'Institut des Sciences, Lettres et Arts, par divers savants et lus dans ses assemblées: Sciences, Mathématiques et Physique. 2 (2): 1–813. Retrieved 15 July 2018.

[ncbi-2] "Cosmina". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). Retrieved 31 May 2019.

[Séguy1958-3] 1 2 Séguy, E. (1958). "Les Calliphores africaines du Museum (Diptères)". Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire A. 20: 142–192.

[Fabricius1805-4] Fabricius, Johann Christian (1805). Systema antliatorum secundum ordines, genera, species. Bransvigae: Apud Carolum Reichard. pp. i–xiv, 1–373. Retrieved 5 June 2020.

[Séguy1946-5] 1 2 3 Séguy, E. (1946). "Calliphorides d'Extreme-Orient". Encycl. Ent. (B) Dipt. 10: 81–90.

[MawloodAbdul-Rassoul2008-6] Mawlood, N.A.; Abdul-Rassoul, M.S. (2008). "A new species of Cosmina Rob.-Desvoidy, 1830 Iraq (Diptera, Calliphoridae)". Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum. 10 (3): 49–56. Retrieved 25 January 2021.

[Villeneuve1932-7] Villeneuve, Joseph Th. de Janti (1932). "Descriptions de Myodaires superieurs du Nord Africain". Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France. 37: 284–286. doi:10.3406/bsef.1932.14493.

[Senior-White1924-8] Senior-White, R.A. (1924). "New and little known Oriental Tachinidae". Spolia Zeylan. 13: 103–119.

[Bezzi1923-9] Mario Bezzi (1923). "Diptera, Bombyliidae and Myiodaria (Coenosiinae, Muscinae, Calliphorinae, Sarcophaginae, Dexiinae, Tachininae), from the Seychelles and neighbouring Islands". Parasitology . 15 (1): 75–102. doi:10.1017/S0031182000014542.

[Malloch1929-10] Malloch, J.R. (1929). "Exotic Muscaridae (Diptera).—XXVIII". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 4 (10): 322–341. doi:10.1080/00222932908673062.

[Deeming1996-11] Deeming, J.C. (1996). "The Calliphoridae (Diptera: Cyclorrhapha) of Oman". Fauna Saudi Arabia. 15: 264–279.

[Rognes2002-12] Rognes, Knut (2002). "Blowflies (Diptera, Calliphoridae) of Israel and adjacent areas, including a new species from Tunisia". Entomologica Scandinavica Suppl. 59: 1–148.

[Curran1927-13] Curran, C.H. (1927). "New Diptera from the Belgian Congo" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (246): 1–18. Retrieved 26 January 2021.

[Bezzi1914-14] Bezzi, Mario (1914). "Ditteri raccolti dal Prof. F. Silvestri durante il suo viaggio in Africa del 1912-13". Bollettino del Laboratorio di zoologia generale e agraria della R. Scuola superiore d'agricoltura in Portic. 8: 279–308. Retrieved 26 January 2021.

[FangFan1988-15] Fang, J.; Fan, Z.D. (1988). "Discussion on the tribal subdivision of Rhiniinae with descriptions of two new species (Diptera: Calliphoridae)". Entomotaxonomia (in Chinese). 10: 183–189.

[Macquart-16] Macquart, Pierre-Justin-Marie (1848). "Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. Suite du 2.me supplement. [=Suppl. 3] (2)". Mem. Soc. R. Sci. Agric. Arts, Lille. 1847 (2): 161–237, 7 pls.

[Zumpt1962-17] Zumpt, Fritz Konrad Ernst (1962). "The Calliphoridae of the madagascan region (Diptera). Part I. Calliphorinae". Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel. 73: 41–100.

[Peris1952-18] Peris, S.V. (1952). "Notas sobre Rhiniini con descripcion de nuevas formas". An. Estac. Exp. Aula dei. 2: 224–233.

[Séguy1949-19] Séguy, E. (1949). "Diptères du Sud-Marocain (Vallee du Draa) recueillis par M. Berland en 1947". Rev. Fr. Entomol. 16: 152–161.

[BeckerStein1912-20] Becker, T.; Stein, P. (1912). "Persische Dipteren von den Expeditionen des Herrn N. Zarudny 1898 und 1901". Bulletin de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences, St.-Pétersbourg. 12: 604–605.

[BrauerBergenstamm1889-21] Brauer, F.; Bergenstamm, J. E. von (1889). "Die Zweiflugler des Kaiserlichen Museums zu Wien. IV. Vorarbeiten zu einer Monographie der Muscaria Schizometopa (exclusive Anthomyidae).Pars I". Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 56 (1): 69–180. Retrieved 25 November 2014.

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Cosmina

Cosmina fuscipennis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Rhiniidae
Genus:	Cosmina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830^[1]
Type species
Cosmina fuscipennis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830^[1]