Coelopa Explained

Coelopa is a genus of kelp flies in the family Coelopidae. There are about 14 described species in Coelopa.

Species

These 12 species belong to the genus Coelopa:^[1]

• 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^[2]

• Nomen dubium

C. fumifer (Walker, 1861)

C. glabra Walker, 1849

C. offendens Walker, 1861

Coelopa frigida

Coelopa frigida is 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.

Further reading

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

Notes and References

1. Book: Mathis. Wayne N.. McAlpine. David K.. A Catalog and Conspectus on the Family Coelopidae (Diptera: Schizophora). Myia. 2011. 12. 171–205. Contributions to the Systema Dipterorum (Insecta: Diptera). 978-954-642-599-7. Brake. Irina. Thompson. F. Christian. free. 10088/18924.
2. Cresson . E. T. Jr . Descriptions of new North American acalyptrate Diptera--I . Entomological News, and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia . 1914 . 25 . 457–460 . 27 October 2018 . The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia . Philadelphia.