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Polleniidae
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Polleniidae

Polleniidae is a family of flies in the order Diptera. There are at least 3 genera and more than 190 described species in Polleniidae. The largest genus is Pollenia, with close to 190 species of flies commonly called "cluster flies".

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7 branches of this family, most-observed first

Cluster Flies

genusPollenia

Morinia

genusMorinia

Xanthotryxus

genusXanthotryxus

Dexopollenia

genusDexopollenia

Melanodexia

genusMelanodexia

Alvamaja

genusAlvamaja

Nesodexia

genusNesodexia

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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 932929.