Pherbellia ventralis
Appearance
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Pherbellia ventralis North Wales | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Sciomyzidae |
Subfamily: | Sciomyzinae |
Tribe: | Sciomyzini |
Genus: | Pherbellia |
Species: | P. ventralis
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Binomial name | |
Pherbellia ventralis (Fallén, 1820)
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Pherbellia ventralis is a species of fly in the family Sciomyzidae. It is found in the Palearctic .[1] Pherbellia ventralis is a small sciomyzid (body lengths up to 4.5 mm.). The body is dark grey blue to blue grey contrasting with the
yellowish brown abdomen.The mid-frontal stripe is short. [2][3] The larvae feed on aquatic snails including Stagnicola palustris .[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ 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
- ^ Séguy, E. (1934) Diptères: Brachycères. II. Muscidae acalypterae, Scatophagidae. Paris: Éditions Faune de France 28 Bibliotheque Virtuelle Numerique pdf
- ^ Lloyd Vernon Knutson and Jean-Claude Vala, 2011Biology of Snail-Killing Sciomyzidae Flies Cambridge University Press ISBN 9780521867856