Cordilura Explained

Cordilura is a genus of dung flies in the family Scathophagidae. There are more than 90 described species in Cordilura.

Species

These 97 species belong to the genus Cordilura:

• Cordilura aberrans (Becker, 1894)
• Cordilura adrogans Cresson, 1918
• Cordilura aea (Walker, 1849)
• Cordilura aemula (Collin, 1958)
• Cordilura alberta (Curran, 1927)
• Cordilura albicoxa James, 1955
• Cordilura albipes Fallen, 1819
• Cordilura albofasciata (Gimmerthal, 1846)
• Cordilura amurensis Ozerov, 2007
• Cordilura angustifrons Loew, 1863
• Cordilura aricioides (Zetterstedt, 1855)
• Cordilura atrata Zetterstedt, 1846
• Cordilura atripennis James, 1955
• Cordilura banski (Malloch, 1923)
• Cordilura bezzii (Sack, 1937)
• Cordilura bicoloripes Ozerov, 1997
• Cordilura carbonaria (Walker, 1849)
• Cordilura ciliata (Meigen, 1826)
• Cordilura ciliatipes James, 1955
• Cordilura confusa Loew, 1863
• Cordilura connexa (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)
• Cordilura criddlei Curran, 1929
• Cordilura cuspidata Sasakawa, 1986
• Cordilura deceptiva Malloch, 1923
• Cordilura dimidiata (Cresson, 1918)
• Cordilura emarginata (Malloch, 1923)
• Cordilura fasciventris Curran, 1927
• Cordilura femoralis Sun, 1993
• Cordilura filipes (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)
• Cordilura flava (Wiedemann, 1830)
• Cordilura flavovenosa (Becker, 1894)
• Cordilura fulva (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)
• Cordilura fulvifrons Ozerov, 1997
• Cordilura fulvipes (Meigen, 1838)
• Cordilura fuscipes Zetterstedt, 1838
• Cordilura fuscitibia Rondani, 1867
• Cordilura gagatina Loew, 1869
• Cordilura glabra Loew, 1869
• Cordilura gracilipes Loew, 1869
• Cordilura hyalinipennis (Ringdahl, 1936)
• Cordilura impudica (Rondani, 1867)
• Cordilura incisa (Meigen, 1838)
• Cordilura intermedia (Curran, 1927)
• Cordilura kakaberrans Ozerov, 1997
• Cordilura krocha Ozerov, 2007
• Cordilura laterillii (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)
• Cordilura latifrons Loew, 1869
• Cordilura loewi James, 1955
• Cordilura luteola Malloch, 1924
• Cordilura marginata (Malloch, 1931)
• Cordilura marginipennis (Gimmerthal, 1847)
• Cordilura munda Loew, 1869
• Cordilura nartshukae Ozerov & Krivosheina
• Cordilura nigra (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)
• Cordilura nigrifrons Sun, 1993
• Cordilura nigripila (Zetterstedt, 1860)
• Cordilura nigriseta (Rondani, 1867)
• Cordilura nubecula Sasakawa, 1986
• Cordilura ontario Curran, 1929
• Cordilura passiva Curran, 1929
• Cordilura picipes (Meigen, 1826)
• Cordilura picticornis Loew, 1864
• Cordilura pilosella (Coquillett, 1898)
• Cordilura pleuritica Loew, 1863
• Cordilura polita (Coquillett, 1898)
• Cordilura praeusta Loew, 1864
• Cordilura proboscidea Zetterstedt, 1838
• Cordilura pubera (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Cordilura pudica Meigen, 1826
• Cordilura qualis (Say, 1829)
• Cordilura remmi Elberg, 1972
• Cordilura remota Ozerov, 1997
• Cordilura richterae Ozerov & Krivosheina
• Cordilura rubifrontata (Becker, 1894)
• Cordilura ruficauda (Zetterstedt, 1838)
• Cordilura rufimana Meigen, 1826
• Cordilura sagittifera Gorodkov, 1974
• Cordilura scapularis Loew, 1869
• Cordilura setosa Loew, 1860
• Cordilura shatalkini Ozerov, 1997
• Cordilura sibirica Gorodkov, 1974
• Cordilura sifneri Ozerov, 2007
• Cordilura similis (Siebke, 1873)
• Cordilura socialis (Becker, 1894)
• Cordilura tarsalis (Malloch, 1923)
• Cordilura tartariana Ozerov, 2007
• Cordilura umbrosa (Loew, 1873)
• Cordilura unicolor (Loew, 1864)
• Cordilura ustulata Zetterstedt, 1838
• Cordilura variabilis Loew, 1876
• Cordilura varicornis Curran, 1929
• Cordilura varipes (Walker, 1849)
• Cordilura zaitzevi Gorodkov, 1974
• Cordilura zetterstedti (Gimmerthal, 1846)
• Cordylura volucricaput Walker, 1849
• † Cordilura exhumata Cockerell, 1916
• † Cordylura vetusta Heer, 1849

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.