Cereal Fly vs Hairy-footed dunnart

Geomyza tripunctata compared with Sminthopsis hirtipes

Key Differences

• Cereal Fly is Not Evaluated while Hairy-footed dunnart is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cereal Fly	Hairy-footed dunnart
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Diptera (Diptera)	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)
Family	Opomyzidae	Dasyuridae
Genus	Geomyza	Sminthopsis
Species	Geomyza tripunctata	Sminthopsis hirtipes

Evolutionary Relationship

Cereal Fly and Hairy-footed dunnart share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Cereal Fly

NE — Not Evaluated

Hairy-footed dunnart

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cereal Fly	Hairy-footed dunnart
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cereal Fly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and North America (United States).

Hairy-footed dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Cereal Fly

The Cereal Fly (Geomyza tripunctata) is a species in the genus Geomyza. Found across Europe (5 countries) and North America (United States).