| Euthycera chaerophylli | |
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Sciomyzidae |
| Genus: | Euthycera |
| Species: | E. chaerophylli
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| Binomial name | |
| Euthycera chaerophylli (
Fabricius, 1798)
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| Synonyms | |
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Euthycera chaerophylli is a species of fly in the family Sciomyzidae, the marsh flies or snail-killing flies. [3]
Distribution
This species can be found in most of Europe and in the Near East. [4]
Description
Euthycera chaerophylli can reach a length of about 10 millimetres (0.39 in). This fly has a slender body. The gray thorax shows 4 lines of brown spots. The prominent eyes are reddish. The head is yellowish. The yellowish antennae are forward-pointing. The wings are mottled with greyish spots. [5]
Biology
These flies are univoltine and overwinter in the puparia. The larvae develop in slugs. [1] They develop inside body of the host ( endoparasitoids), mainly Deroceras species. [6]
References
- ^ a b Rozkošný, R. (1984). The Sciomyzidae (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica. Vol. 14. E.J. Brill/Scandinavian Science Press. pp. 224 pp. ISBN 90-04-07592-5.
- ^ GBIF
- ^ "Taxon profile". www.biolib.cz. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Aramel.free.fr
- ^ Knutson, Lloyd Vernon; Vala, Jean-Claude (2011). Biology of Snail-Killing Sciomyzidae Flies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 526pp. ISBN 978-0-521-86785-6.
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| Euthycera chaerophylli | |
|---|---|
|
| |
|
Scientific classification
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Sciomyzidae |
| Genus: | Euthycera |
| Species: | E. chaerophylli
|
| Binomial name | |
| Euthycera chaerophylli (
Fabricius, 1798)
| |
| Synonyms | |
| |
Euthycera chaerophylli is a species of fly in the family Sciomyzidae, the marsh flies or snail-killing flies. [3]
Distribution
This species can be found in most of Europe and in the Near East. [4]
Description
Euthycera chaerophylli can reach a length of about 10 millimetres (0.39 in). This fly has a slender body. The gray thorax shows 4 lines of brown spots. The prominent eyes are reddish. The head is yellowish. The yellowish antennae are forward-pointing. The wings are mottled with greyish spots. [5]
Biology
These flies are univoltine and overwinter in the puparia. The larvae develop in slugs. [1] They develop inside body of the host ( endoparasitoids), mainly Deroceras species. [6]
References
- ^ a b Rozkošný, R. (1984). The Sciomyzidae (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica. Vol. 14. E.J. Brill/Scandinavian Science Press. pp. 224 pp. ISBN 90-04-07592-5.
- ^ GBIF
- ^ "Taxon profile". www.biolib.cz. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Aramel.free.fr
- ^ Knutson, Lloyd Vernon; Vala, Jean-Claude (2011). Biology of Snail-Killing Sciomyzidae Flies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 526pp. ISBN 978-0-521-86785-6.
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| This article related to members of the muscomorph flies superfamily Sciomyzoidea is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |