Coelopa

Coelopa is a genus of kelp flies in the family Coelopidae. There are about 14 described species in Coelopa.[1][2][3]

Coelopa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Superfamily:	Sciomyzoidea
Family:	Coelopidae
Subfamily:	Coelopinae
Tribe:	Coelopini
Genus:	Coelopa Meigen, 1830

Species

These 12 species belong to the genus Coelopa:[4]

• Subgenus Coelopa Meigen, 1830

  C. pilipes Haliday, 1838

• Subgenus Fucomyia Haliday, 1837

  C. aequatorialis Bezzi, 1892

  C. alluaudi Séguy, 1941

  C. dasypoda Bezzi, 1908

  C. frigida (Fabricius, 1805) (seaweed fly)

  C. nebularum Aldrich, 1929

  C. orientalis Macquart, 1843

  C. stejnegeri Aldrich, 1929

  C. ursina (Wiedemann, 1824)

• Subgenus Neocoelopa Malloch, 1933

  C. vanduzeei Cresson, 1914[5]

• Nomen dubium

  C. fumifer (Walker, 1861)

  C. glabra Walker, 1849

  C. offendens Walker, 1861

Coelopa frigida[6]

One of the most widely distribute species of seaweed fly. This species is found on the shorelines of the temperate Northern Hemisphere. Often confused for the morphologically similar Coelopa nebularum and Coelopa pilipes. C. frigida feeds primarily on seaweed and stay around these habitats.

References

1. "Coelopa Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
2. "Coelopa". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
3. "Coelopa genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
4. Mathis, Wayne N.; McAlpine, David K. (2011). "A Catalog and Conspectus on the Family Coelopidae (Diptera: Schizophora)". In Brake, Irina; Thompson, F. Christian (eds.). Contributions to the Systema Dipterorum (Insecta: Diptera). Myia. 12. pp. 171–205. hdl:10088/18924. ISBN 978-954-642-599-7.
5. Cresson, E. T. Jr (1914). "Descriptions of new North American acalyptrate Diptera--I". Entomological news, and proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 25: 457–460. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
6. "Coelopa frigida", Wikipedia, 2019-11-06, retrieved 2019-11-19

Further reading

• McAlpine, J. F.; Petersen, B. V.; Shewell, G. E.; Teskey, H. J.; Vockeroth, J. R.; Wood, D. M., eds. (1987). Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume II. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. ISBN 978-0-660-10731-8.