''Cacosis'' is a genus of
flies
Flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwings having evolved into advanced ...
in the family
Stratiomyidae
The soldier flies (Stratiomyidae, sometimes misspelled as Stratiomyiidae, from Greek - soldier; - fly) are a family of flies (historically placed in the now-obsolete group Orthorrhapha). The family contains over 2,700 species in over 380 extan ...
.
Species
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Cacosis grandis''
Schiner, 1868
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Cacosis niger''
( Wiedemann, 1819)
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Cacosis sexannulata''
Meunier, 1910
References
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Stratiomyidae
Brachycera genera
Taxa named by Francis Walker (entomologist)
Diptera of South America