Crumomyia fimetaria

Crumomyia fimetaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Sphaeroceridae
Genus:	Crumomyia
Species:	C. fimetaria
Binomial name
	Crumomyia fimetaria; (Meigen, 1830)
Synonyms
	Borborus fimetarius Meigen, 1830; Borborus suillorum Haliday, 1836; Borborus costatus Meigen, 1838; Copromyza umbripennis Zetterstedt, 1847;

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Crumomyia fimetaria is a species of fly in the family Sphaeroceridae, the lesser dung flies. It is found in the Palearctic.^[2]^[3] The larvae live in a wide range of moist decaying organic materials where they feed on micro-organisms.

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References

1 2 Meigen, J. W. (1830). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europaischen zweiflugeligen Insekten. Hamm: Sechster Theil. Schulz. pp. xi + 401 +[3].
↑ Pitkin BR (1988) Lesser dung flies, Diptera: Sphaeroceridae. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 10, Part 5e. Royal Entomological Society of London, London, 175 pp.
↑ 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.

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[Meigen1830-1] 1 2 Meigen, J. W. (1830). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europaischen zweiflugeligen Insekten. Hamm: Sechster Theil. Schulz. pp. xi + 401 +[3].

[2] Pitkin BR (1988) Lesser dung flies, Diptera: Sphaeroceridae. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 10, Part 5e. Royal Entomological Society of London, London, 175 pp.

[3] 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.

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