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Anthomyia
Genus of flies / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Anthomyia is a genus of flies in the family Anthomyiidae.[1] They look rather like small houseflies, but commonly have conspicuous black-and-white patterning.[2] This appears to be a mild form of aposematic coloration, though they do not appear to be distasteful unless they have eaten something offensive to the predator and have loaded their guts with it.[citation needed]
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Quick Facts Anthomyia, Scientific classification ...
Anthomyia | |
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Anthomyia pluvialis | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Anthomyiidae |
Subfamily: | Anthomyiinae |
Tribe: | Anthomyiini |
Genus: | Anthomyia Meigen, 1803 |
Type species | |
Musca pluvialis | |
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