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Pherbellia schoenherri

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Species of fly

Pherbellia schoenherri
Pherbellia schoenherri North Wales. Note the maculated wings.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Sciomyzidae
Subfamily: Sciomyzinae
Tribe: Sciomyzini
Genus: Pherbellia
Subgenus: Pherbellia
Species: P. schoenherri
Binomial name
Pherbellia schoenherri
(Fallén, 1826)

Pherbellia schoenherri is a species of fly in the family Sciomyzidae. It is found in the Palearctic .4-5 mm. long. In schoenherri the grey ocellar plate is extended in a narrow triangle almost to the antenna base. The prescutellar acrostichal bristles are reduced or absent.The costal vein of the patterned wings are equipped with a series of protruding spinules distinct from the bristles. The females lay eggs on the shells of Succineidae including Succinea putris. The resultant larvae consume the animal and pupate within the shell. P. schoenherri is a very common and widespread species with a very long flight period. It flies mainly from April to October, but in most European countries, it occurs all year round and in a very wide variety of both dry and moist habitats.

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
  4. Bratt, A. D., L.V. Knutson, B. A. Foote, and C. O. Berg, 1969 Biology of Pherbellia (Diptera: Sciomyzidae).Cornell Univ. Agric. Exper. Sta., New York State Coll. Agric. Ithaca, N.Y. Mem. 404, pp. 1-247; 184 figures.

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Taxon identifiers
Pherbellia schoenherri
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