Biology:Atrichomelina
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Short description: Genus of flies
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| Genus: | Atrichomelina Cresson, 1920[1]
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| Sciomyza pubera Loew, 1862
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Atrichomelina is a genus of flies in the family Sciomyzidae, the marsh flies or snail-killing flies.[2][3]
Biology
The larvae kill and consume aquatic pulmonate snails of various species.[4]
Species
- A. pubera (Loew, 1862)
References
- ↑ Cresson, E. T. Jr. (1920). "A Revision of the Nearctic Sciomyzidae (Diptera, Acalyptratae)". Transactions of the American Entomological Society (The American Entomological Society) 46: 27–89.
- ↑ Rozkošný, R. (1984). The Sciomyzidae (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark.. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica. 14. E.J. Brill/Scandinavian Science Press. pp. 224 pp. ISBN 90-04-07592-5.
- ↑ Knutson, Lloyd Vernon; Vala, Jean-Claude (2011). Biology of Snail-Killing Sciomyzidae Flies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 1–526. ISBN 978-0-521-86785-6.
- ↑ Foote, B. A.; Berg, C. O.; Neff, S. E. (1960). "Biology and immature stages of Atrichomelina pubera (Diptera: Sciomyzidae)". Annals of the Entomological Society of America (The Entomological Society of America) 53: 192–199. doi:10.1093/aesa/53.2.192.
Wikidata ☰ Q18110528 entry
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