Renocera pallida
Appearance
Renocera pallida | |
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Renocera pallida North Wales | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Sciomyzidae |
Subfamily: | Sciomyzinae |
Tribe: | Tetanocerini |
Genus: | Renocera |
Species: | R. pallida
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Binomial name | |
Renocera pallida (Fallén, 1820)
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Renocera pallida is a species of fly in the family Sciomyzidae. It is found in the Palearctic[1]
It is 4.5-5.5 mm. long.The interocular space is glossy and on its anterior margin with a white reflection as an extension of the ocellar plate.The orbital plates are grey and shiny; the rest of the interocular space of a reddish matt; epistome as protruding downwards as the cheeks (or peristome).The antennae are rufous (third article burnished at the apex). The body is testaceous with a slight ashy sheen. The tarsi are also burnished. The dark wings have shaded transverse veins. Abdomen burnished. [2][3] The larvae are predators of Sphaeriidae[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
- ^ Horsakova, I. (2003) Biology and immature stages of a clam killing fly, Renocera pallida (Diptera: Sciomyzidae). European Journal of Entomology 100, 143-151.pdf
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