Achanthiptera rohrelliformis

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Achanthiptera rohrelliformis
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Achanthiptera rohrelliformis Netherlands
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Suborder:
Brachycera
Family:
Muscidae
Genus:
Achanthiptera
Species:
A. rohrelliformis
Binomial name
Achanthiptera rohrelliformis

Achanthiptera rohrelliformis is a fly from the family Muscidae. [2] [3] It is found in the Palearctic . [4] The larvae are found in the nests of wasps and hornets where they feed upon organic remains and the dead carcasses of the wasps and their larvae.

References

  1. ↑ Robineau-Desvoidy, André Jean Baptiste (1830). "Essai sur les myodaires". Mémoires presentés à l'Institut des Sciences, Lettres et Arts, par divers savants et lus dans ses assemblées: Sciences, Mathématiques et Physique. 2 (2): 1–813. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  2. ↑ D'Assis Fonseca, E.C.M. (1968). Diptera Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata: Muscidae. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Vol. 10. London.: Royal Entomological Society of London. pp. 118pp.
  3. ↑ Gregor, F.; Rozkosny, R.; Bartak, M.; Vanhara, J. (2002). The Muscidae (Diptera) of Central Europe. Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Masarykianae Brunensis. Vol. 107. Masaryk.: Masaryk University. pp. 280pp.
  4. ↑ Fauna Europaea


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