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Kelp Flies
Coelopidae
The Coelopidae or kelp flies are a family of Acalyptratae flies (order Diptera), they are sometimes also called seaweed flies, though both terms are used for a number of seashore Diptera. Fewer than 40 species occur worldwide. The family is found in temperate areas, with species occurring in the southern Afrotropical, Holarctic, and Australasian (which has the most species) regions.
11 branches of this family, most-observed first
Bristly Kelp Flies
genusCoelopa
Chaetocoelopa
genusChaetocoelopa
Baeopterus
genusBaeopterus
Coelopella
genusCoelopella
Gluma
genusGluma
Malacomyia
genusMalacomyia
Coelopina
genusCoelopina
Lopa
genusLopa
Icaridion
genusIcaridion
Rhis
genusRhis
This
genusThis
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 194033.