Biology:Sciara hemerobioides

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Short description: Species of fly

Sciara hemerobioides
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Sciaridae
Genus: Sciara
Species:
S. hemerobioides
Binomial name
Sciara hemerobioides
(Scopoli, 1763)

Sciara hemerobioides is a species of fly in the family Sciaridae. It is found in the Palearctic.[1][2]

This species has a conspicuous yellow abdomen with a dark ventral band. It belongs to a group referred to as fungus gnats. The larvae do feed on fungi but also eat dead leaves and compost, the adults feed on nectar and can be found on umbellifers and other flowers.[3]

References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. 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
  3. Sciara hemerobioides, naturespot.org.uk, https://www.naturespot.org.uk/species/sciara-hemerobioides 

Wikidata ☰ Q14069135 entry