''Dasyphora'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
from the
fly
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 ...
family
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Muscidae
Muscidae are a family of flies found in the superfamily Muscoidea.
Muscidae, some of which are commonly known as house flies or stable flies due to their synanthropy, are worldwide in distribution and contain almost 4,000 described species i ...
.
There are currently 1,148 recorded instances of this fly by human observation, material sample, preserved specimen, or unknown source. The majority of these records are in northern
North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere, Northern and Western Hemisphere, Western hemispheres. North America is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South Ameri ...
and
Europe
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east ...
.
Species List
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D. affricana''
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D. albofasciata''
( Macquart, 1839)
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D. apicotaeniata''
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D. asiatica''
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D. canadiana''
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D. cordilleriana''
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D. cyanella''
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D. cyanicolor''
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D. gansuensis''
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D. gussakovskii''
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D. himalayensis''
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D. huilensis''
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D. kempi''
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D. latifrons''
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D. meriodionalis''
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D. paraversicolor''
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D. penicillata''
( Egger, 1865)
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D. pratorum''
(Meigen
Johann Wilhelm Meigen (3 May 1764 – 11 July 1845) was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.
Life
Early years
Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha ...
, 1826)
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D. qinghaiensis''
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D. setitiba''
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D. similis''
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D. sinensis''
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D. stackelbergiana''
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D. tianshanensis''
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D. trichosterna''
References
Muscidae genera
Taxa named by Jean-Baptiste Robineau-Desvoidy
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