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Euthycera chaerophylli

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Species of fly

Euthycera chaerophylli
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Sciomyzidae
Genus: Euthycera
Species: E. chaerophylli
Binomial name
Euthycera chaerophylli
(Fabricius, 1798)
Synonyms

Euthycera chaerophylli is a species of fly in the family Sciomyzidae, the marsh flies or snail-killing flies.

Distribution

This species can be found in most of Europe and in the Near East.

Description

Euthycera chaerophylli in the near ground vegetation at a pool

Euthycera chaerophylli can reach a length of about 10 millimetres (0.39 in). This fly has a slender body. The gray thorax shows 4 lines of brown spots. The prominent eyes are reddish. The head is yellowish. The yellowish antennae are forward-pointing. The wings are mottled with greyish spots.

Biology

These flies are univoltine and overwinter in the puparia. The larvae develop in slugs. They develop inside body of the host (endoparasitoids), mainly Deroceras species.

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. GBIF
  3. "Taxon profile". www.biolib.cz. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  4. Fauna Europaea
  5. Aramel.free.fr
  6. Knutson, Lloyd Vernon; Vala, Jean-Claude (2011). Biology of Snail-Killing Sciomyzidae Flies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 526pp. ISBN 978-0-521-86785-6.
Taxon identifiers
Euthycera chaerophylli
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