Coenosia tigrina, the hunter fly, killer fly,[1] or common tiger fly,[2] is a species of fly in the family Muscidae. Like other members of the genus, adults are predators that hunt flying insects, while larvae feed on earthworms.[3] It is found in the Palearctic.[4][5]

Coenosia tigrina
Coenosia tigrina North Wales
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Muscidae
Genus: Coenosia
Species:
C. tigrina
Binomial name
Coenosia tigrina
(Fabricius, 1775)

References edit

  1. ^ "Species Coenosia tigrina". BugGuide.net.
  2. ^ "Tiger Fly Coenosia tigrina".
  3. ^ Morris, Dael E.; Cloutier, Conrad (31 May 2012). "BIOLOGY OF THE PREDATORY FLY COENOSIA TIGRINA (FAB.)(DIPTERA: ANTHOMYIIDAE): REPRODUCTION, DEVELOPMENT, AND LARVAL FEEDING ON EARTHWORMS IN THE LABORATORY". The Canadian Entomologist. 119 (4). Cambridge University Press. doi:10.4039/Ent119381-4.
  4. ^ Fauna Europaea
  5. ^ Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Parts I, II. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi. ISBN 81-205-0080-6 ISBN 81-205-0081-4