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    Sepedon sphegea

    Topic: Biology

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    Short description: Species of fly

    Sepedon sphegea
    Sepedon.sphegea.jpg
    Sepedon sphegea
    Scientific classification
    Kingdom:
    Animalia
    Phylum:
    Arthropoda
    Subphylum:
    Hexapoda
    Class:
    Insecta
    Order:
    Diptera
    Family:
    Sciomyzidae
    Subfamily:
    Sciomyzinae
    Tribe:
    Tetanocerini
    Genus:
    Sepedon
    Species:
    S. sphegea
    Binomial name
    Sepedon sphegea
    (Fabricius, 1775)
    Synonyms
    • Sepedon palustris Latreille, 1809
    • Musca sphegea Fabricius, 1775
    • Musca simulator Harris, 1903

    Sepedon sphegea is a Palearctic[1] species of fly in the family Sciomyzidae, the marsh flies or snail-killing flies.[2][3][4] The larva feeds on aquatic snails and as an opportunist on other invertebrates.[5][6] The habitat of this species includes among many others, pond margins and damp meadows. It has a particular fondness for Iris pseudacorus which grow at the edges of the pond. Adults can be found all year long but the main flight period is from March to October.

    • Sepedon sphegea feeding on a larva of a dragonfly

    References

    1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
    2. ↑ Rozkošný, R. (1984). The Sciomyzidae (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark.. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica. 14. E.J. Brill/Scandinavian Science Press. pp. 224 pp. ISBN 90-04-07592-5. 
    3. ↑ Séguy, E. (1934) Diptères: Brachycères. II. Muscidae acalypterae, Scatophagidae. Paris: Éditions Faune de France 28 Bibliotheque Virtuelle Numerique pdf
    4. ↑ 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
    5. ↑ Lloyd Vernon Knutson and Jean-Claude Vala, 2011 Biology of Snail-Killing Sciomyzidae Flies Cambridge University Press ISBN:9780521867856
    6. ↑ Neff S. E. & Berg C. O. 1966. Biology and immature stages of malacophagous diptera of the genus Sepedon (Sciomyzidae). Virginia Agricultural Experiment Stations Bulletin, 566: 1-113.

    External links

    Wikidata ☰ Q14251265 entry



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