''Coelopa vanduzeei'' is a species of kelp flies in the family
Coelopidae
The Coelopidae or kelp flies are a family of Acalyptratae flies (order Diptera), they are sometimes also called seaweed flies, although both terms are used for a number of seashore Diptera. Fewer than 40 species occur worldwide. The family is fo ...
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[ They are scavengers on decaying vegetation and even marine mammals.]
References
Coelopidae
Diptera of North America
Taxa named by Ezra Townsend Cresson
Insects described in 1914
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