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Tiger Flies
Coenosia
Coenosia is a very large genus (more than 350 species) of true flies of the family Muscidae. Coenosia are known as tiger flies since they are predators and hunt many kinds of insects and other invertebrates.
In Denmark, fungi Strongwellsea tigrinae and Strongwellsea acerosa (from the Strongwellsea genus, order Entomophthorales) infect the flying hosts from the genus Coenosia, 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.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Common Tiger Fly
speciesCoenosia tigrina
Coenosia agromyzina
speciesCoenosia agromyzina
Coenosia attenuata
speciesCoenosia attenuata
Coenosia atra
speciesCoenosia atra
Coenosia mollicula
speciesCoenosia mollicula
Coenosia testacea
speciesCoenosia testacea
Coenosia humilis
speciesCoenosia humilis
Coenosia acuticornis
speciesCoenosia acuticornis
Coenosia pumila
speciesCoenosia pumila
Coenosia strigipes
speciesCoenosia strigipes
Coenosia albicornis
speciesCoenosia albicornis
Coenosia infantula
speciesCoenosia infantula
Coenosia atrata
speciesCoenosia atrata
Coenosia argentifrons
speciesCoenosia argentifrons
Coenosia genualis
speciesCoenosia genualis
Coenosia lata
speciesCoenosia lata
Coenosia octopunctata
speciesCoenosia octopunctata
Coenosia modesta
speciesCoenosia modesta
Coenosia nigritarsis
speciesCoenosia nigritarsis
Coenosia exigua
speciesCoenosia exigua
Coenosia intacta
speciesCoenosia intacta
Coenosia ambulans
speciesCoenosia ambulans
Coenosia intermedia
speciesCoenosia intermedia
Coenosia pudorosa
speciesCoenosia pudorosa
Coenosia bonita
speciesCoenosia bonita
Coenosia nivea
speciesCoenosia nivea
Coenosia flavimana
speciesCoenosia flavimana
Coenosia pygmaea
speciesCoenosia pygmaea
Coenosia bilineella
speciesCoenosia bilineella
Coenosia variegata
speciesCoenosia variegata
Coenosia rufipalpis
speciesCoenosia rufipalpis
Coenosia pedella
speciesCoenosia pedella
Coenosia atrifrons
speciesCoenosia atrifrons
Coenosia abnormis
speciesCoenosia abnormis
Coenosia acromiata
speciesCoenosia acromiata
Coenosia abyssinica
speciesCoenosia abyssinica
Coenosia abdominalis
speciesCoenosia abdominalis
Coenosia atritibia
speciesCoenosia atritibia
Coenosia conforma
speciesCoenosia conforma
Coenosia demoralis
speciesCoenosia demoralis
Coenosia flaviseta
speciesCoenosia flaviseta
Coenosia frisoni
speciesCoenosia frisoni
Coenosia longimaculata
speciesCoenosia longimaculata
Coenosia minor
speciesCoenosia minor
Coenosia nigrescens
speciesCoenosia nigrescens
Coenosia nigricoxa
speciesCoenosia nigricoxa
Coenosia remissa
speciesCoenosia remissa
Coenosia tarsata
speciesCoenosia tarsata
Coenosia triseta
speciesCoenosia triseta
Coenosia argentipes
speciesCoenosia argentipes
Coenosia aristalis
speciesCoenosia aristalis
Coenosia cuthbertsoni
speciesCoenosia cuthbertsoni
Coenosia cyclophthalma
speciesCoenosia cyclophthalma
Coenosia diluta
speciesCoenosia diluta
Coenosia exilis
speciesCoenosia exilis
Coenosia fascigera
speciesCoenosia fascigera
Coenosia flavivibrissata
speciesCoenosia flavivibrissata
Coenosia inversa
speciesCoenosia inversa
Coenosia multimaculata
speciesCoenosia multimaculata
Coenosia munroi
speciesCoenosia munroi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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Every page naming Coenosia in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 132071.