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Cynomya

Cynomya is a genus in the family Calliphoridae of flies.

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Cynomya
Cynomya mortuorum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Calliphoridae
Subfamily: Calliphorinae
Tribe: Calliphorini
Genus: Cynomya
Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
Type species
Musca mortuorum
Linnaeus, 1761
Species

Sources: UniProt,2 FE,3 ITIS4

Synonyms

Cynomya (Ancient Greek: κυνόμυια, romanizedkunomuia, lit.'dog-fly') is a genus in the family Calliphoridae of flies.5

References

References

  1. Cepelak, J.; Cepelak, S. (1978). "Cynomya gregorpovolnyi sp. n. -- Neue Art der Familie Callliphoridae (Diptera) aus der Tschechoslovwakei". Annotnes Zoo.-bot. Bratisl.: 125, 4 pp.
  2. UniProt. "Cynomya". Retrieved 2008-06-02.
  3. Rognes, Dr Knut; Pape, Dr Thomas (19 April 2007). "Taxon details: Cynomya Robineau-Desvoidy 1830". Fauna Europaea version 1.1. Archived from the original on May 26, 2011. Retrieved 2008-06-02.
  4. "Cynomya mortuorum". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2 June 2008.
  5. Rognes, K. (1991). Blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) of Fennoscandia and Denmark. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, Volume 24. Leiden: E. J. Brill/Scandinavian Science Press Ltd. pp. 1–272. ISBN 9789004093041.