| Spilogona sanctipauli | |
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| Spilogona denigrata taken in 2014 by Dr. Jade Savage, at Bishop's University. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Muscidae |
| Genus: | Spilogona |
| Species: | S. sanctipauli |
| Binomial name | |
| Spilogona sanctipauli (Malloch, 1921) | |
Spilogona sanctipauli is a species of fly from the family Muscidae first described by John Russell Malloch in 1921. [1] It has a distribution across the high arctic and is a notable and important pollinator of the mountain avens. The species has been strongly correlated to successful seed setting and may be an integral character in arctic ecosystems. [2]