Botanophila fugax

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Botanophila fugax
Botanophila fugax, Minera Quarry, North Wales, July 2012 (17999507441).jpg
Botanophila fugax North Wales
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Anthomyiidae
Genus: Botanophila
Species:
B. fugax
Binomial name
Botanophila fugax
(Meigen, 1826)
Synonyms

Botanophila fugax is a species of fly in the family Anthomyiidae. It is found in the Palearctic. [1] [2] The larva is a stem borer.

Fungal species Strongwellsea crypta (from genus Strongwellsea , order Entomophthorales) is known to infect Botanophila fugax. It creates abdominal holes in the infected hosts which then develop rapidly and become strikingly large and almost rhomboid in shape. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ 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
  3. ↑ Eilenberg, Jørgen; Michelsen, Verner; Bruun Jensen, Annette; Humber, Richard A. (Nov 2021). "Strongwellsea crypta (Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae), a new species infecting Botanophila fugax (Diptera: Anthomyiidae)". J Invertebr Pathol. 186: 107673. doi: 10.1016/j.jip.2021.107673 . PMID   34626615.
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