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Calliopum
Sign in to saveCalliopum is a genus of small flies of the family Lauxaniidae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderDiptera
- FamilyLauxaniidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 9
- With media
- 5
- Family
- Lauxaniidae
- Collections
- MCGILL UNIVERSITY, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, MNHN, MZLU
- Recorded in
- Canada, Austria, United States, Allemagne, Sweden
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Lauxaniidae
- Image
- Calliopum.simillimum.-.lindsey.jpg
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- diel cycle
- diurnality
- taxon name
- Calliopum
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Calliopum
- Commons category
- Calliopum
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Species
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Calliopum is a genus of small flies of the family Lauxaniidae.
==Description== thumb|left|thumbtime=0:24|Calliopum sp. in a meadow thumb|250px|right|Calliopum sp., Lateral view Most, but not all, are luscious black or metallic flies. They are smaller than 5 mm and usually have iridescent eyes. Adults can be found from May until December in meadows and hedge rows. The larvae may be phytophagous or saprophagous, mainly feeding on rotting vegetable matter or mining clover leaves.
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