Cetema elongatum

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Cetema elongatum
Cetema elongatum, Trawscoed, North Wales, Aug 2015 - Flickr - janetgraham84.jpg
Cetema elongatum North Wales
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Chloropidae
Genus: Cetema
Species:
C. elongatum
Binomial name
Cetema elongatum
(Meigen, 1830)
Synonyms
  • Chlorops elongatum Meigen, 1830

Cetema elongatum is a species of fly in the family Chloropidae, the grass flies. It is found in the Palearctic. [1] [2] The larva feeds on Poaceae.

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