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

Coenosia tigrina, the hunter fly, killer fly, or common tiger fly, 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. It is found in the Palearctic.

References

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

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