Biology:Euthycera chaerophylli

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Short description: Species of fly

Euthycera chaerophylli
Sciomyzidae - Euthycera chaerophylli.JPG
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Sciomyzidae
Genus: Euthycera
Species:
E. chaerophylli
Binomial name
Euthycera chaerophylli
(Fabricius, 1798)
Synonyms
  • Lunigera morio]] Mayer, 1953
  • Musca chaerophylli Fabricius, 1798
  • Pherbina flavescens Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
  • Tetanocera irrorata Macquart, 1835
  • Musca variegata De Geer, 1776[1]

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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

File:Euthycera chaerophylli - 2015-08-19.webm 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

  1. 1.0 1.1 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. 
  2. GBIF
  3. "Taxon profile". https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id123055. Retrieved 31 December 2014. 
  4. Fauna Europaea
  5. Aramel.free.fr
  6. 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. 

Wikidata ☰ Q14251921 entry