AuthorHooper, R.
TitleZoologger: Horror fly returns from the dead
TypeWeb Site/Page
Sourcewww.newscientist.com/article/dn19359-zoologger-horror-fly-returns-from-the-dead.html
Review (by Malcolm Storey)

Rediscovered near Madrid after not being seen for 150 years.

This is a different bone skipper from ours (Centrophlebomyia furcata) which has not been seen in the UK since 1906, but can still be found in the western Mediterranean countries.

Website urlwww.newscientist.com/article/dn19359-zoologger-horror-fly-returns-from-the-dead.html

Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
CurrentThyreophora cynophila(A Nest Fly or Cheese Skipper)Animalia: Diptera: Piophilidae
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