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Genus of flies
Coenosia atra with prey
Coenosia is a very large
genus of
true flies of the family
Muscidae .
[1]
[2] Coenosia are known as tiger flies since they are
predators and hunt many kinds of
insects and other
invertebrates .
[3]
In Denmark,
fungi Strongwellsea tigrinae and Strongwellsea acerosa (from the
Strongwellsea genus, order
Entomophthorales ) infect the flying hosts from the genus Coenosia .
[4] 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.
[5]
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
Walker , 1853
Coenosia atra
Meigen , 1830
Coenosia atritibia Ringdahl, 1926
Coenosia attenuata
Stein , 1903
Coenosia barbipes
Rondani , 1866
Coenosia bartaki Gregor, 1991
Coenosia beschovskii Lavciev, 1970
Coenosia bilineella (
Zetterstedt , 1838)
Coenosia bivittata
Stein , 1908
Coenosia bohemica Gregor & Rozkosný, 2008
[6]
Coenosia bonita Huckett, 1934
Coenosia brevisquama
d'Assis-Fonseca , 1966
Coenosia californica (
Malloch , 1920)
Coenosia campestris (
Robineau-Desvoidy , 1830)
Coenosia canadensis Curran, 1933
Coenosia candida Huckett, 1934
Coenosia cilicauda
Malloch , 1920
Coenosia cingulipes (
Zetterstedt , 1849)
Coenosia comita (Huckett, 1936)
Coenosia compressa
Stein , 1904
Coenosia conflicta Huckett, 1965
Coenosia conforma Huckett, 1934
Coenosia dealbata (
Zetterstedt , 1838)
Coenosia demoralis Huckett, 1965
Coenosia distinguens
Collin , 1930
Coenosia dorsovittata
Malloch , 1920
Coenosia dubiosa
Hennig , 1961
Coenosia effulgens Huckett, 1934
Coenosia elegans Huckett, 1965
Coenosia emiliae Lukasheva, 1986
Coenosia errans
Malloch , 1920
Coenosia facilis Huckett, 1965
Coenosia femoralis (
Robineau-Desvoidy , 1830)
Coenosia flagelliseta Muller, 2019
[7]
Coenosia flavibasis Huckett, 1934
Coenosia flavicornis (
Fallén , 1825)
Coenosia flavidipalpis Huckett, 1934
Coenosia flavifrons
Stein , 1898
Coenosia flavimana (
Zetterstedt , 1845)
Coenosia flaviseta Huckett, 1965
Coenosia flavissima
Hennig , 1961
Coenosia fontana Huckett, 1966
Coenosia fraterna
Malloch , 1918
Coenosia freyi Tiensuu, 1945
Coenosia frisoni
Malloch , 1920
Coenosia fulvipes Huckett, 1965
Coenosia fumipennis Huckett, 1934
Coenosia furtiva Huckett, 1934
Coenosia fuscifrons
Malloch , 1919
Coenosia fuscipes Huckett, 1965
Coenosia genualis
Rondani , 1866
Coenosia globuliseta Pont, 1980
Coenosia gracilis
Stein , 1916
Coenosia graciliventris Ringdahl, 1954
Coenosia hucketti Pont, 1988
Coenosia humilis
Meigen , 1826
Coenosia imperator (
Walker , 1849)
Coenosia impunctata
Malloch , 1920
Coenosia incisurata Wulp, 1869
Coenosia infantula
Rondani , 1866
Coenosia intacta
Walker , 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
Walker , 1853
Coenosia lineatipes (
Zetterstedt , 1845)
Coenosia longimaculata
Stein , 1920
Coenosia lyneborgi Pont, 1972
Coenosia macrotriseta Muller & Miller, 2013
[8]
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
^ D'Assis Fonseca, E.C.M. (1968). Diptera Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata: Muscidae . Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Vol. 10. London: Royal Entomological Society of London. pp. 118pp.
^ Gregor, F.; Rozkosny, R.; Bartak, M.; Vanhara, J. (2002). The Muscidae (Diptera) of Central Europe . Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Masarykianae Brunensis. Vol. 107. Masaryk:
Masaryk University . pp. 280pp.
^ Burgert Muller (March 22, 2023).
"Curious Tiger flies of southern Africa" . CULNA.
^ Eilenberg, Jørgen; Michelsen, Verner; Humber, Richard A. "Strongwellsea tigrinae and Strongwellsea acerosa (Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae), two new species infecting dipteran hosts from the genus Coenosia (Muscidae)". Journal of Invertebrate Pathology Volume 175, September 2020, 107444 Journal of Invertebrate Pathology .
doi :
10.1016/j.jip.2020.107444 .
^ Weston, Phoebe (15 December 2020).
"Scientists find two new species of fungi that turn flies into 'zombies' " . the Guardian . Retrieved 28 December 2022 .
^ Gregor, Frantisek; Rozkosný, Rudolf (2008). "Additions and corrections to The Muscidae of Central Europe III. A new species of Coenosia Meigen, 1826 from Central Europe (Diptera, Muscidae)". Biologia . 63 (6): 323–327.
ISSN
0006-3088 .
^ Muller, B.S. (2019).
"A curious new Coenosia Meigen, 1826 (Diptera, Muscidae) from Mariepskop, Mpumalanga, South Africa" . African Invertebrates . 60 (2): 239–253.
ISSN
2305-2562 . Retrieved 25 October 2019 .
^ Muller, B.S.; Miller, R.M. (2013).
"Rediscovering the Old from New: Two Curious Species of Coenosia Meigen (Diptera: Muscidae) from South Africa" (Online) . African Invertebrates . 54 (2): 595–603.
ISSN
2305-2562 . Retrieved 25 October 2019 .