Lunomyia

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Lunomyia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Eristalinae
Tribe: Eristalini
Subtribe: Helophilina
Genus: Lunomyia
Curran & Fluke, 1926
Species:
L. cooleyi
Binomial name
Lunomyia cooleyi
(Seamans, 1917)

Lunomyia is a genus of rat-tail maggot flies in the family Syrphidae. This genus has a single species, Lunomyia cooleyi. It was formerly a member of the genus Lejops . [1] [2]

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References

  1. "Lunomyia genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  2. Skevington, Jeffrey H.; Locke, Michelle M.; Young, Andrew D.; Moran, Kevin; et al. (2019). Field Guide to the Flower Flies of Northeastern North America. Princeton Field Guides. Princeton University Press. ISBN   9780691189406.