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Piezura

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Piezura
Piezura graminicola
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Piezura

Rondani, 1866
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Piezura is a small genus of small flies of the family Fanniidae. Distribution is mostly restricted to the Holarctic biogeographic region.[1] Two species, P. pardalina and P. graminicola are found in Europe.[2] Unlike the other Fanniidae, Piezura have plumose arista.

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References

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  1. ^ Moores, A.; Savage, J. (2005). "A taxonomic revision of Piezura Rondani (Diptera: Fanniidae)". Zootaxa. 1096: 41–59. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1096.1.4.
  2. ^ Rozkosny, R.; Gregor, F.; Pont, A.C. (1997). The European Fanniidae (Diptera). Institute of Landscape Ecology. pp. 1–80.
  3. ^ Nishida, K. (1975). "Studies on the species of Fanniinae (Diptera: Muscidae) from Japan III: Description of Piezura nigrigenus sp. nov. and Fannia japonica amamiensis subsp. nov. and redescription of Platycoenosia mikii Strobl, 1894". Jap. J. Sanit. Zool. 26 (1): 21–24. doi:10.7601/mez.26.21.