Dichetophora

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Dichetophora
Dichetophora obliterata, Minera Quarry, North Wales, Sept 2012 (16183920723).jpg
Dichetophora obliterata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Sciomyzidae
Subfamily:
Sciomyzinae
Tribe:
Tetanocerini
Genus:
Dichetophora

Rondani, 1868
Type species
Musca obliterata
Fabricius, 1805

Dichetophora is a genus of flies in the family Sciomyzidae, the marsh flies or snail-killing flies. [1]

Species

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Sciomyzidae Family of flies

The family Sciomyzidae belongs to the typical flies (Brachycera) of the order Diptera. They are commonly called marsh flies, and in some cases snail-killing flies due to the food of their larvae.

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<i>Sepedon</i> Genus of flies

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<i>Anticheta</i> Genus of flies

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<i>Colobaea</i> Genus of flies


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

Tetanocerini Tribe of flies

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<i>Pteromicra</i> Genus of flies

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

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

Euthycerina 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.

Neolimnia is a New Zealand 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.

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

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Sciomyzinae Subfamily of flies

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Knutson, Lloyd Vernon; Vala, Jean-Claude (2011). Biology of Snail-Killing Sciomyzidae Flies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 1–526. ISBN   978-0521867856.


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