Spilogona sanctipauli | |
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Spilogona denigrata taken in 2014 by Dr. Jade Savage, at Bishop's University. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Muscidae |
Genus: | Spilogona |
Species: | S. sanctipauli
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Binomial name | |
Spilogona sanctipauli (Malloch, 1921)
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Spilogona sanctipauli is a species of fly from the family Muscidae first described by John Russell Malloch in 1921.[1] It has a distribution across the high arctic and is a notable and important pollinator of the mountain avens. The species has been strongly correlated to successful seed setting and may be an integral character in arctic ecosystems.[2]