COELOPIDAE
(kelp or wrack flies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Coelopa
a genus of wrack flies
Male (Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 18 images
Malacomyia sciomyzina
a wrack fly
Female (Click to open)Male (Click to open)
 		Species 18 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyCOELOPIDAE (kelp or wrack flies)
SuperfamilySCIOMYZOIDEA (snail-killing, lesser dung & kelp flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Acalyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Falk, S. Diptera (flies) www.flickr.com/photos/63075200@N07/collections/72157629586945825/
Underwood, R. 2 Keys to the Family Coelopidae (and part Sepsidae and part Helcomyzidae)

COELOPIDAE (kelp or wrack flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for COELOPIDAE (kelp or wrack flies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for COELOPIDAE (kelp or wrack flies)
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