Dictya umbrarum | |
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Dictya umbrarum North Wales | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Sciomyzidae |
Subfamily: | Sciomyzinae |
Tribe: | Tetanocerini |
Genus: | Dictya |
Species: | D. umbrarum
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Binomial name | |
Dictya umbrarum | |
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Dictya umbrarum is a species of fly in the family Sciomyzidae. It is found in the Palearctic and Nearctic. [2] [3] Long. : 4-5 mm. Intensely spotted wings.The interocular space with a black mark at the anterior orbital.The face is white with a black or brown central point. The antennae are reddish, the arista yellow at the base.The body is black (au fond) covered in a grey yellow pruinosity with shifting (changeant) brown spots on the abdomen.The femora are grey with a brown apical band.The tibia are yellow with a brown apical ring (anneau). [4] For terms see Morphology of Diptera. Dictya montana is a predator of aquatic pulmonate snails with no apparent parasitoid tendency. [5]
Dictya umbrarum | |
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Dictya umbrarum North Wales | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Sciomyzidae |
Subfamily: | Sciomyzinae |
Tribe: | Tetanocerini |
Genus: | Dictya |
Species: | D. umbrarum
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Binomial name | |
Dictya umbrarum | |
Synonyms | |
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Dictya umbrarum is a species of fly in the family Sciomyzidae. It is found in the Palearctic and Nearctic. [2] [3] Long. : 4-5 mm. Intensely spotted wings.The interocular space with a black mark at the anterior orbital.The face is white with a black or brown central point. The antennae are reddish, the arista yellow at the base.The body is black (au fond) covered in a grey yellow pruinosity with shifting (changeant) brown spots on the abdomen.The femora are grey with a brown apical band.The tibia are yellow with a brown apical ring (anneau). [4] For terms see Morphology of Diptera. Dictya montana is a predator of aquatic pulmonate snails with no apparent parasitoid tendency. [5]