Renocera pallida | |
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Renocera pallida 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: | Renocera |
Species: | R. pallida
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Binomial name | |
Renocera pallida (
Fallén, 1820)
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Synonyms | |
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Renocera pallida is a species of fly in the family Sciomyzidae. It is found in the Palearctic [1]
It is 4.5-5.5 mm. long.The interocular space is glossy and on its anterior margin with a white reflection as an extension of the ocellar plate.The orbital plates are grey and shiny; the rest of the interocular space of a reddish matt; epistome as protruding downwards as the cheeks (or peristome).The antennae are rufous (third article burnished at the apex). The body is testaceous with a slight ashy sheen. The tarsi are also burnished. The dark wings have shaded transverse veins. Abdomen burnished. [2] [3] The larvae are predators of Sphaeriidae [4]
Renocera pallida | |
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Renocera pallida 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: | Renocera |
Species: | R. pallida
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Binomial name | |
Renocera pallida (
Fallén, 1820)
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Synonyms | |
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Renocera pallida is a species of fly in the family Sciomyzidae. It is found in the Palearctic [1]
It is 4.5-5.5 mm. long.The interocular space is glossy and on its anterior margin with a white reflection as an extension of the ocellar plate.The orbital plates are grey and shiny; the rest of the interocular space of a reddish matt; epistome as protruding downwards as the cheeks (or peristome).The antennae are rufous (third article burnished at the apex). The body is testaceous with a slight ashy sheen. The tarsi are also burnished. The dark wings have shaded transverse veins. Abdomen burnished. [2] [3] The larvae are predators of Sphaeriidae [4]