''Coenosia'' is a very large

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of the family

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. ''Coenosia'' are known as tiger flies since they are

predators Predation is a biological interaction in which one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey. It is one of a family of common feeding behaviours that includes parasitism and micropredation (which usually do not kill ...

and hunt many kinds of

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and other

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. In Denmark,

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''Strongwellsea tigrinae'' and ''Strongwellsea acerosa'' (from the '' Strongwellsea'' genus, order

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) infect the flying hosts from the genus ''Coenosia''. Including species '' Coenosia tigrina'' and '' Coenosia testacea''. While most fungi spore once the host is dead, with ''Strongwellsea'', the host continues to live for days, carrying out normal activities and socialising with other flies while the fungus consumes its genitals, fat reserves, reproductive organs and finally its muscle, all the while shooting out thousands of spores on to other individuals.

Species

*'' Coenosia acuminata'' Strobl, 1898 *'' Coenosia agromyzina'' ( Fallén, 1825) *'' Coenosia alaskensis'' Huckett, 1965 *'' Coenosia albibasis'' Stein, 1920 *'' Coenosia albicornis'' Meigen, 1826 *'' Coenosia albifacies'' (Johnson, 1922) *'' Coenosia algivora'' Hutton , 1901 *'' Coenosia aliena'' Malloch, 1921 *'' Coenosia alticola'' Malloch, 1919 *'' Coenosia ambigua'' Séguy, 1923 *'' Coenosia ambulans'' Meigen, 1826 *'' Coenosia antennalis'' Stein, 1898 *'' Coenosia antennata'' ( Zetterstedt, 1849) *'' Coenosia anthracina'' Malloch, 1921 *'' Coenosia apicata'' Huckett, 1965 *'' Coenosia argentata'' Coquillett, 1904 *'' Coenosia argenticeps'' Malloch, 1920 *'' Coenosia armiger'' Huckett, 1934 *'' Coenosia atrata''

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, 1849) *'' Coenosia impunctata'' Malloch, 1920 *'' Coenosia incisurata'' Wulp, 1869 *'' Coenosia infantula'' Rondani, 1866 *'' Coenosia intacta''

, 1853 *'' Coenosia intermedia'' ( Fallén, 1825) *'' Coenosia johnsoni'' Malloch, 1920 *'' Coenosia karli'' Pont, 2001 *'' Coenosia lacteipennis'' ( Zetterstedt, 1845) *'' Coenosia laeta'' Huckett, 1934 *'' Coenosia laricata'' Malloch, 1920 *'' Coenosia lata''

, 1853 *'' Coenosia lineatipes'' ( Zetterstedt, 1845) *'' Coenosia longimaculata'' Stein, 1920 *'' Coenosia lyneborgi'' Pont, 1972 *'' Coenosia macrotriseta'' Muller & Miller, 2013 *'' Coenosia maculiventris'' Huckett, 1934 *'' Coenosia means'' Meigen, 1826 *'' Coenosia minor'' Huckett, 1965 *'' Coenosia minutalis'' ( Zetterstedt, 1860) *'' Coenosia mixta'' Schnabl, 1911 *'' Coenosia modesta'' Loew, 1872 *'' Coenosia mollicula'' ( Fallén, 1825) *'' Coenosia nevadensis'' Lyneborg, 1970 *'' Coenosia nigricoxa'' Stein, 1920 *'' Coenosia nigridigita'' Rondani, 1866 *'' Coenosia nigrifemorata'' Huckett, 1965 *'' Coenosia nigritarsis'' ( Stein, 1898) *'' Coenosia nigritella'' Huckett, 1934 *'' Coenosia nivea'' Loew, 1872 *'' Coenosia nudipes'' Stein, 1920 *'' Coenosia nudiseta'' Stein, 1898 *'' Coenosia obscuricula'' ( Rondani, 1871) *'' Coenosia octopunctata'' ( Zetterstedt, 1838) *'' Coenosia octosignata'' Rondani, 1866 *'' Coenosia oregonensis'' Malloch, 1919 *'' Coenosia pallipes'' Stein, 1898 *'' Coenosia paludis'' Tiensuu, 1939 *'' Coenosia patelligera'' Rondani, 1866 *'' Coenosia pauli'' Pont, 2001 *'' Coenosia pedella'' ( Fallén, 1825) *'' Coenosia perpusilla'' Meigen, 1826 *'' Coenosia perspicua'' Huckett, 1934 *'' Coenosia pilosissima'' Stein, 1920 *'' Coenosia praetexta'' Pandellé, 1899 *'' Coenosia pudorosa'' Collin, 1953 *'' Coenosia pulicaria'' ( Zetterstedt, 1845) *'' Coenosia pumila'' ( Fallén, 1825) *'' Coenosia pygmaea'' ( Zetterstedt, 1845) *'' Coenosia remissa'' Huckett, 1965 *'' Coenosia rhaensis'' Hennig, 1961 *'' Coenosia rubrina'' Huckett, 1934 *'' Coenosia rufibasis'' Stein, 1920 *'' Coenosia ruficornis'' Macquart, 1835 *'' Coenosia rufipalpis'' Meigen, 1826 *'' Coenosia rufitibia'' Stein, 1920 *'' Coenosia sallae'' Tiensuu, 1938 *'' Coenosia semivitta'' ( Malloch, 1918) *'' Coenosia setigera'' Malloch, 1918 *'' Coenosia setipes'' Huckett, 1965 *'' Coenosia sexmaculata'' Meigen, 1838 *'' Coenosia sexpustulata'' Rondani, 1866 *'' Coenosia stigmatica'' Wood, 1913 *'' Coenosia strigifemur'' Stein, 1920 *'' Coenosia strigipes'' Stein, 1916 *'' Coenosia styriaca'' Hennig, 1961 *'' Coenosia tausa'' Huckett, 1934 *'' Coenosia tendipes'' Huckett, 1965 *'' Coenosia testacea'' ( Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) *'' Coenosia tigrina'' ( Fabricius, 1775) *'' Coenosia toshua'' Huckett, 1934 *'' Coenosia transiens'' Stein, 1901 *'' Coenosia trilineella'' ( Zetterstedt, 1838) *'' Coenosia verralli'' Collin, 1953 *'' Coenosia vibrissata'' Collin, 1953 *'' Coenosia villipes'' Rondani, 1866 *'' Coenosia wulpi'' Pont, 1972 *'' Coenosia xanthocera'' Hennig, 1961

References

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