Chamaemyia sylvatica

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Chamaemyia sylvatica
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Chamaemyiidae
Subfamily: Chamaemyiinae
Tribe: Chamaemyiini
Genus: Chamaemyia
Species:
C. sylvatica
Binomial name
Chamaemyia sylvatica
Collin, 1966 [1]

Chamaemyia sylvatica is a species of fly in the family Chamaemyiidae. [2] [3] It is found in Europe and the Near East with records from the British Isles, the Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland, Bulgaria, [2] and (Asian) Turkey. [3] Its body length varies between 2.5 and 3 mm (0.10 and 0.12 in). [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Collin, James Edward (1966). "The British species of Chamaemyia Mg. (Ochthiphila Fln.) (Diptera)". Transcations of the Society for British Entomology. 17 (4): 121–128.
  2. 1 2 "Chamaemyia sylvatica Collin, 1966". Fauna Europaea . Fauna Europaea Secretariat, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  3. 1 2 Ebejer, Martin J. & Barták, Miroslav (2019). "An annotated list of the Chamaemyiidae (Diptera, Acalyptrata) of Turkey with new records and additional data". ZooKeys (838): 35–48. Bibcode:2019ZooK..838...35E. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.838.33027 . PMC   6477826 . PMID   31048967.