Biology:Trimerina madizans

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Short description: Species of fly

Trimerina madizans
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Ephydridae
Subfamily: Discomyzinae
Tribe: Psilopini
Genus: Trimerina
Species:
T. madizans
Binomial name
Trimerina madizans
(Fallén, 1813)[1]
Synonyms
  • Notiphila madizans Fallén, 1813[1]
  • Hydrellia lepida Meigen, 1838[2]
  • Notiphila nigella Meigen, 1830[3]
  • Notiphila rufipes Meigen, 1830[3]

Trimerina madizans is a species of shore flies, insects in the family Ephydridae.[4]

Biology

The larvae are predators of spider eggs.[5]

Distribution

Algeria, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland .

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Fallen, C.F. (1813). "Beskrifning ofver nagra i Sverige funna vattenflugor (Hydromyzides)". K. Svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. [ser. 3], 1813: 240–257. 
  2. Meigen, Johann Wilhelm (1838). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäischen zweiflügeligen Insekten. 7. Hamm. pp. xii + 1–434. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46124#page/7/mode/1up. Retrieved 28 June 2021. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Meigen, J.W. (1830). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäische n zweiflugeligen Insekten. Hamm: Sechster Theil. Schulz. pp. xi + 401 +[3] pp. 
  4. Mathis, W.N.; Zatwarnicki, T. (1995). "World catalog of shore flies (Diptera: Ephydridae)". Memoirs of Entomology, International 4: 1–423. 
  5. Foote, B.A. (1984). "Biology of Trimerina madizans—a Predator of Spider Eggs (Diptera: Ephydridae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 86 (3): 486–492. 

Wikidata ☰ Q14011136 entry