Herina frondescentiae

Herina frondescentiae
	Herina frondescentiae North Wales
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Ulidiidae
Genus:	Herina
Species:	H. frondescentiae
Binomial name
	Herina frondescentiae; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Musca frondescentiae Linnaeus, 1758

Herina frondescentiae is a species of picture-winged fly in the genus Herina of the family Ulidiidae^[2]^[3] It is wetland species of about 3–4 millimetres (0.12–0.16 in) in length.^[4] found in Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Latvia, the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Andorra, Italy, Hungary, Romania, Albania, Ukraine, Croatia, Estonia, Poland, Lithuania, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Switzerland.^[5]

This fly is characterized by a pattern on the wings consisting of four transverse stripes, fused together to form a shape similar to "U" and "M". Females have at most 3.5 times longer than wide eighth tergosternite and oval abdominal bracts . Their spermatheca is characterized by an oblong-oval shape. The reproductive organs of males are distinguished by surstyles bent in the middle , each of which is equipped with three prensisetae set in the middle and two sets in the middle-base part.^[6]

References

^ 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.
^ "Fauna Europaea project". Archived from the original on October 15, 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
^ "Dipterists Forum". Retrieved 16 August 2011.
^ Clements, David K.; Merz, Bernhard. (1998). "Key to the genus Herina (Diptera, Ulidiidae) in Britain". Dipterists Digest. second series. 5 (2). Dipterists Forum: 55–67. ISSN 0953-7260.
^ Kameneva, E. P. (2007). "A new species of Herina (Diptera: Ulidiidae) from Switzerland with a key to European species and notes on nomenclature and distribution" (PDF). Vestnik Zoologii. 41 (5): 405–421. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-20.
^ Kameneva, E. P. A new species of Herina (Diptera: Ulidiidae) from Switzerland, with a key to european species and notes on nomenclature and distribution. Vestnik zoologii. 41 (5), s. 405–421, 2007.

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[Chandler-1] 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.

[2] "Fauna Europaea project". Archived from the original on October 15, 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2011.

[3] "Dipterists Forum". Retrieved 16 August 2011.

[Clements98-4] Clements, David K.; Merz, Bernhard. (1998). "Key to the genus Herina (Diptera, Ulidiidae) in Britain". Dipterists Digest. second series. 5 (2). Dipterists Forum: 55–67. ISSN 0953-7260.

[Kameneva07-5] Kameneva, E. P. (2007). "A new species of Herina (Diptera: Ulidiidae) from Switzerland with a key to European species and notes on nomenclature and distribution" (PDF). Vestnik Zoologii. 41 (5): 405–421. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-20.

[6] Kameneva, E. P. A new species of Herina (Diptera: Ulidiidae) from Switzerland, with a key to european species and notes on nomenclature and distribution. Vestnik zoologii. 41 (5), s. 405–421, 2007.

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