Pteromicra angustipennis
| Pteromicra angustipennis | |
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| Pteromicra angustipennis North Wales | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Sciomyzidae |
| Genus: | Pteromicra |
| Species: | P. angustipennis
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| Binomial name | |
| Pteromicra angustipennis (Stæger, 1845)
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Pteromicra angustipennis is a species of fly in the family Sciomyzidae. It is found in the Palearctic.[1] It is a small sciomyzid (3.5 mm.) with 1 + 2 dorsocentral bristles.The transverse veins of the wings have no shadows but they are distinctly shaded at the apex. [2][3] The larvae predators of terrestrial snails or stranded freshwater pulmonate snails.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ 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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