Limosina silvatica

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Limosina silvatica
Limosina silvatica female, Harlech, North Wales, March 2012 (17482634382).jpg
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L. silvatica
Binomial name
Limosina silvatica
(Meigen, 1830)
Synonyms
  • Borborus silvaticus Meigen, 1830

Limosina silvatica is a species of fly in the family Sphaeroceridae, the lesser dung flies. It is found in the Palearctic. [1] [2] [3] The larvae live in a wide range of moist decaying organic materials where they feed on micro-organisms.

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<i>Spelobia talparum</i> species of fly

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References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  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