| Limnia unguicornis | |
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| Limnia unguicornis North Wales | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Sciomyzidae |
| Genus: | Limnia |
| Species: | L. unguicornis
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| Binomial name | |
| Limnia unguicornis (
Scopoli, 1763)
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| Synonyms | |
Limnia unguicornis is a species of fly in the family Sciomyzidae. It is found in the Palearctic . [1]
The eyes have four purple longitudinal stripes, two medial and two marginal.The head is rufous with brown spots on each side: white face. The third segment of the antennae is blackish at apex the remainder brownish red.The arista is white. The brown ocellar plate is extended to the anterior margin in a depressed band.The thorax is rufous-brown with two grey mesonotal bands. The prothoracic bristles are ciliform. Rufous legs. The wings membrane is studded with numerous pale spots separated by a brown network. [2] [3] For terms see Morphology of Diptera. Limnia unguicornis is carnivorous (occasionally coprophagous).Mature larvae have been recorded feeding on Succinea putris. [4]
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Parts I' II. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi. ISBN 81-205-0080-6 ISBN 81-205-0081-4
- ^ Séguy, E. (1934) Diptères: Brachycères. II. Muscidae acalypterae, Scatophagidae. Paris: Éditions Faune de France 28 Bibliotheque Virtuelle Numerique pdf
- ^ Rozkošný, R., 1984 The Sciomyzidae (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, 14 ISBN 90-04-07592-5 Hardback (224 pp., 639 figures, in English)
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| Limnia unguicornis | |
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| Limnia unguicornis North Wales | |
|
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Sciomyzidae |
| Genus: | Limnia |
| Species: | L. unguicornis
|
| Binomial name | |
| Limnia unguicornis (
Scopoli, 1763)
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| Synonyms | |
Limnia unguicornis is a species of fly in the family Sciomyzidae. It is found in the Palearctic . [1]
The eyes have four purple longitudinal stripes, two medial and two marginal.The head is rufous with brown spots on each side: white face. The third segment of the antennae is blackish at apex the remainder brownish red.The arista is white. The brown ocellar plate is extended to the anterior margin in a depressed band.The thorax is rufous-brown with two grey mesonotal bands. The prothoracic bristles are ciliform. Rufous legs. The wings membrane is studded with numerous pale spots separated by a brown network. [2] [3] For terms see Morphology of Diptera. Limnia unguicornis is carnivorous (occasionally coprophagous).Mature larvae have been recorded feeding on Succinea putris. [4]
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Parts I' II. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi. ISBN 81-205-0080-6 ISBN 81-205-0081-4
- ^ Séguy, E. (1934) Diptères: Brachycères. II. Muscidae acalypterae, Scatophagidae. Paris: Éditions Faune de France 28 Bibliotheque Virtuelle Numerique pdf
- ^ Rozkošný, R., 1984 The Sciomyzidae (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, 14 ISBN 90-04-07592-5 Hardback (224 pp., 639 figures, in English)
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