Suillia tuberiperda | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Heleomyzidae |
Genus: | Suillia |
Species: | S. tuberiperda
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Binomial name | |
Suillia tuberiperda (
Rondani, 1867)
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Synonyms | |
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Suillia tuberiperda, the truffle fly, is a European species of Heleomyzidae. [1]
Its larvae develop in truffles, a behavior exploited in the search for truffles. The eggs are deposited in the soil above the fruiting bodies, and the emerging larvae dig for the truffles. [2]
Suillia tuberiperda | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Heleomyzidae |
Genus: | Suillia |
Species: | S. tuberiperda
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Binomial name | |
Suillia tuberiperda (
Rondani, 1867)
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Synonyms | |
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Suillia tuberiperda, the truffle fly, is a European species of Heleomyzidae. [1]
Its larvae develop in truffles, a behavior exploited in the search for truffles. The eggs are deposited in the soil above the fruiting bodies, and the emerging larvae dig for the truffles. [2]