| Atrichomelina | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Sciomyzidae |
| Subfamily: | Sciomyzinae |
| Tribe: | Sciomyzini |
| Genus: | Atrichomelina Cresson, 1920 |
| Type species | |
| Sciomyza pubera Loew, 1862 | |
Atrichomelina is a genus of flies in the family Sciomyzidae, the marsh flies or snail-killing flies.
Biology
The larvae kill and consume aquatic pulmonate snails of various species.
Species
References
- Cresson, E. T. Jr. (1920). "A Revision of the Nearctic Sciomyzidae (Diptera, Acalyptratae)". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 46. The American Entomological Society: 27–89.
- Rozkošný, R. (1984). The Sciomyzidae (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica. Vol. 14. E.J. Brill/Scandinavian Science Press. pp. 224 pp. ISBN 90-04-07592-5.
- Knutson, Lloyd Vernon; Vala, Jean-Claude (2011). Biology of Snail-Killing Sciomyzidae Flies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 1–526. ISBN 978-0-521-86785-6.
- Foote, B. A.; Berg, C. O.; Neff, S. E. (1960). "Biology and immature stages of Atrichomelina pubera (Diptera: Sciomyzidae)". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 53. The Entomological Society of America: 192–199. doi:10.1093/aesa/53.2.192.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Atrichomelina | |
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