Pherbina coryleti
| Pherbina coryleti | |
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| Pherbina coryleti North Wales | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Sciomyzidae |
| Genus: | Pherbina |
| Species: | P. coryleti |
| Binomial name | |
| Pherbina coryleti (Scopoli, 1763) | |
Pherbina coryleti is a species of fly in the family Sciomyzidae. It is found in the Palearctic .[1] A large (6.8 to 9.3 mm), largely yellowish and common species of snail-killing flies. Both sexes have heavily shaded wings.The genital armature of males has gonostyli with a tuft of hairs.[2][3] The larvae are aquatic and predators of freshwater snails.[4]
References
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ 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
- ^ Séguy, E. (1934) Diptères: Brachycères. II. Muscidae acalypterae, Scatophagidae. Paris: Éditions Faune de France 28 Bibliotheque Virtuelle Numerique pdf
- ^ Lloyd Vernon Knutson and Jean-Claude Vala, 2011Biology of Snail-Killing Sciomyzidae Flies Cambridge University Press ISBN 9780521867856
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