Ceroxys urticae

Ceroxys urticae
	Ceroxys urticae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Ulidiidae
Genus:	Ceroxys
Species:	C. urticae
Binomial name
	Ceroxys urticae; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Musca urticae Linnaeus, 1758; Ceroxys euzonus Steyskal, 1968;

Ceroxys urticae is a species of picture-winged fly in the genus Ceroxys of the family Ulidiidae^[2]^[3] found in most of Europe. It can also be found in Egypt, Iran, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Saudi Arabia, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Plants this fly lives on include alfalfa, the true grasses (Poaceae), Egyptian clover (Trifolium alexandrinum L.) and wild sugarcane.^[4]

Gallery

Ceroxys urticae

References

^ Steyskal, G.C. (1968). "54. Family Otitidae (Ortalidae; including Pterocallidae, Ulidiidae). In: P.E. Vanzolini, N. Papavero (eds.). A Catalogue of the Diptera of the Americas South of the United States". São Paulo: Dept. Zool. Secretaria Agric. Fasc. 54: 31.
^ "Fauna Europaea project". Archived from the original on October 22, 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
^ Chandler, Peter J. (1998). Checklists of Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Vol. 12. London: Royal Entomological Society of London. p. 122. ISBN 0-901546-82-8.
^ El-Hawagry, M.S. (28 September 2021). "The Family Ulidiidae in Egypt (Diptera: Tephritoidea)". African Entomology. 29 (2). doi:10.4001/003.029.0445. S2CID 238240976.

External links

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[Steyskal1968-1] Steyskal, G.C. (1968). "54. Family Otitidae (Ortalidae; including Pterocallidae, Ulidiidae). In: P.E. Vanzolini, N. Papavero (eds.). A Catalogue of the Diptera of the Americas South of the United States". São Paulo: Dept. Zool. Secretaria Agric. Fasc. 54: 31.

[2] "Fauna Europaea project". Archived from the original on October 22, 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2012.

[Chandler-3] Chandler, Peter J. (1998). Checklists of Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Vol. 12. London: Royal Entomological Society of London. p. 122. ISBN 0-901546-82-8.

[4] El-Hawagry, M.S. (28 September 2021). "The Family Ulidiidae in Egypt (Diptera: Tephritoidea)". African Entomology. 29 (2). doi:10.4001/003.029.0445. S2CID 238240976.

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