Calliscia

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Calliscia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Sciomyzidae
Subfamily: Sciomyzinae
Tribe: Sciomyzini
Genus: Calliscia
Steyskal, 1975 [1]
Species:
C. callisceles
Binomial name
Calliscia callisceles
(Steyskal, 1963) [2]
Synonyms
  • Pherbellia calliscelesSteyskal, 1963 [2]

Calliscia callisceles is a species of fly in the family Sciomyzidae from the Neotropical region, and the only described species in the genus Calliscia. [3]

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<i>Pherbellia</i> Genus of flies

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<i>Sepedon</i> Genus of flies

Sepedon is a genus of flies in the family Sciomyzidae, the marsh flies or snail-killing flies.

<i>Sepedon sphegea</i> Species of fly

Sepedon sphegea is a Palearctic species of fly in the family Sciomyzidae, the marsh flies or snail-killing flies. The larva feeds on aquatic snails and as an opportunist on other invertebrates. The habitat of this species includes among many others, pond margins and damp meadows. It has a particular fondness for Iris pseudacorus which grow at the edges of the pond. Adults can be found all year long but the main flight period is from March to October.

Atrichomelina is a genus of flies in the family Sciomyzidae, the marsh flies or snail-killing flies.

<i>Colobaea</i> Genus of flies

Colobaea is a genus of flies in the family Sciomyzidae, the marsh flies or snail-killing flies.

<i>Limnia</i> (fly) Genus of flies

Limnia is a genus of flies in the family Sciomyzidae, the marsh flies or snail-killing flies.

<i>Tetanocera robusta</i> Species of fly

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<i>Dictya</i> Genus of flies

Dictya is a genus of marsh flies in the family Sciomyzidae. There are at least 20 described species in Dictya.

Tetanocerini Tribe of flies

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Verbekaria is an african genus of flies in the family Sciomyzidae, the marsh flies or snail-killing flies.

Dictyodes is a genus of flies in the family Sciomyzidae, the marsh flies or snail-killing flies.

Eutrichomelina is a genus of flies in the family Sciomyzidae, the marsh flies or snail-killing flies.

Protodictya is a genus of flies in the family Sciomyzidae, the marsh flies or snail-killing flies.

Sepedonea is a genus of flies in the family Sciomyzidae, the marsh flies or snail-killing flies.

Teutoniomyia is a genus of flies in the family Sciomyzidae, the marsh flies or snail-killing flies.

Thecomyia is a Neotropical genus of flies in the family Sciomyzidae, the marsh flies or snail-killing flies.

Sciomyzini Tribe of flies

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Sciomyzinae Subfamily of flies

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References

  1. Steyskal, G C; Knutson, L V (1975). "Key to the genera of Sciomyzidae (Diptera) from the Americas south of the United States, with descriptions of two new genera". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. Washington: Entomological Society of Washington. 77: 274–277. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  2. 1 2 Steyskal, George C. (1963). "Taxonomic notes on Sciomyzidae (Diptera, Acalyptratae)". Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters. 48: 113–125.
  3. Knutson, Lloyd Vernon; Vala, Jean-Claude (2011). Biology of Snail-Killing Sciomyzidae Flies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 1–526. ISBN   978-0521867856.