| Euthycera chaerophylli | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Sciomyzidae |
| Genus: | Euthycera |
| Species: | E. chaerophylli |
| Binomial name | |
| Euthycera chaerophylli (Fabricius, 1798) | |
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Euthycera chaerophylli is a species of fly in the family Sciomyzidae, the marsh flies or snail-killing flies. [3]
This species can be found in most of Europe and in the Near East. [4]
Euthycera chaerophylli can reach a length of about 10 millimetres (0.39 in). This fly has a slender body. The gray thorax shows 4 lines of brown spots. The prominent eyes are reddish. The head is yellowish. The yellowish antennae are forward-pointing. The wings are mottled with greyish spots. [5]
These flies are univoltine and overwinter in the puparia. The larvae develop in slugs. [1] They develop inside body of the host (endoparasitoids), mainly Deroceras species. [6]
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