Tetanocera robusta
| Tetanocera robusta | |
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| Tetanocera robusta North Wales | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Sciomyzidae |
| Genus: | Tetanocera |
| Species: | T. robusta
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| Binomial name | |
| Tetanocera robusta Loew, 1847
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Tetanocera robusta is a species of fly in the family Sciomyzidae. It is found in the Palearctic and Nearctic[1][2][3] The larvae develop in aquatic pulmonate snails including Gyraulus, Helisoma, Lymnaea, Physa, Planorbis. The habitat is marshy borders of lakes and ponds and permanent marshes.[4][5]
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
- ^ B. A. Foote, L. V. Knutson, J. B. Keiper, 1999 The snail-killing flies of Alaska (Diptera: Sciomyzidae) Insecta Mundi, Vol. 13, No. 1-2, March–June, 1999 pdf
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