Coremacera marginata | |
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Coremacera marginata. Dorsal view | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Sciomyzidae |
Subfamily: | Sciomyzinae |
Tribe: | Tetanocerini |
Genus: | Coremacera |
Species: | C. marginata
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Binomial name | |
Coremacera marginata (
Fabricius, 1775)
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Synonyms | |
Coremacera marginata is a species of fly in the family Sciomyzidae, the marsh flies or snail-killing flies.
Subspecies include: [1]
This species occurs in most of Europe and in the Near East. [2] These flies can be encountered in grasslands and woodlands,
The adults of Coremacera marginata grow up to 7–10 millimetres (0.28–0.39 in) long. These flies have a slender, dark greyish body. The prominent eyes are reddish. The brown-yellowish antennae are forward-pointing, with a hairy 3rd segment and a whitish arista. The dark grey wings are mottled with greyish spots. [3] [4]
Adults feed on nectar or sipping dew. Larvae prey on several terrestrial genera of snails. [5]
Coremacera marginata | |
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Coremacera marginata. Dorsal view | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Sciomyzidae |
Subfamily: | Sciomyzinae |
Tribe: | Tetanocerini |
Genus: | Coremacera |
Species: | C. marginata
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Binomial name | |
Coremacera marginata (
Fabricius, 1775)
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Synonyms | |
Coremacera marginata is a species of fly in the family Sciomyzidae, the marsh flies or snail-killing flies.
Subspecies include: [1]
This species occurs in most of Europe and in the Near East. [2] These flies can be encountered in grasslands and woodlands,
The adults of Coremacera marginata grow up to 7–10 millimetres (0.28–0.39 in) long. These flies have a slender, dark greyish body. The prominent eyes are reddish. The brown-yellowish antennae are forward-pointing, with a hairy 3rd segment and a whitish arista. The dark grey wings are mottled with greyish spots. [3] [4]
Adults feed on nectar or sipping dew. Larvae prey on several terrestrial genera of snails. [5]