Merzomyia westermanni
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| Merzomyia westermanni | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tephritidae |
| Subfamily: | Tephritinae |
| Tribe: | Eutretini |
| Genus: | Merzomyia |
| Species: | M. westermanni
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Merzomyia westermanni is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Merzomyia of the family Tephritidae.[5]It is a medium-sized fly also commonly known as the ‘Swiss Cheese Tephritid’. Its wings, which span up to 7.1 mm,[6] are intricately patterned with reticulated golden-brown markings. A distinct clear patch of irregular size and shape is displayed in the center of each wing. It possesses two pairs of strong dorsal setae on the thorax, dark orange legs, and almost-black oviscape and lower abdomen.
Distribution
[edit]Records of M. westermanni span the temperate areas of the western and central Palaearctic, from Yorkshire, UK in the north-west[7] to the Caucasus in the South, with the most easterly records coming from Ukraine.[8] Records in the UK are scattered and restricted largely to the south, but no scarcity status was assigned by Falk et al.(2016).[9]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Meigen, J.W. (1826). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäische n zweiflugeligen Insekten. Hamm: Vierter Theil. Schulz-Wundermann. pp. xii + 412 pp., pls. 42–54.
- ^ Robineau-Desvoidy, André Jean Baptiste (1830). "Essai sur les myodaires". Mémoires presentés à L'Institut des Sciences, Lettres et Arts, par divers savants et lus dans ses assemblées: Sciences, Mathématiques et Physique. 2 (2): 1–813. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
- ^ Lioy, P. (1864). "I ditteri distribuiti secondo un nuovo metodo di classificazione naturale". Atti del Reale Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti. 3: 1087–1126.
- ^ Hendel, F. (1927). "Trypetidae". Die Fliegen der Paläarktischen Region. 49 (5, 16): 1–64, pls. 1-4.
- ^ Norrbom, A.L.; Carroll, L.E.; Thompson, F.C.; White, I.M; Freidberg, A. (1999). "Systematic Database of Names. Pp. 65-252. In Thompson, F. C. (ed.), Fruit Fly Expert Identification System and Systematic Information Database". Myia. 9: vii + 524.
- ^ White, I.M. (1988). Tephritid flies (10th ed.). Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects.
- ^ Coldwell, J. D. "Merzomyia westermanni(Meigen) (Diptera, Tephritidae) new to Yorkshire" (PDF). Dipterists Digest. 7 (2): 102.
- ^ "Merzomyia westermanni (Meigen, 1826)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
- ^ England, Natural. "A Provisional Assessment of the Status of Acalyptratae flies in the UK - NECR217". Natural England - Access to Evidence. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
