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Species of fly

Minettia longipennis
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Lauxaniidae
Genus: Minettia
Species: M. longipennis
Binomial name
Minettia longipennis
(Fabricius, 1794)

Minettia longipennis is a species of fly in the family Lauxaniidae. It is found in the Palearctic.

Minettia longipennis is 3 to 4.5 mm. long. It is rounded with a black shiny thorax and long orange tinted wings sometimes held out at a horizontal angle. The habitat is hedgerows and wooded areas. Adults occur from May to September with a population peak in June. Larvae feed on fungi on dead leaves.

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References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. 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
  3. Séguy, E. (1934) Diptères: Brachycères. II. Muscidae acalypterae, Scatophagidae. Paris: Éditions Faune de France 28 Bibliotheque Virtuelle Numerique pdf
Taxon identifiers
Minettia longipennis
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