Lotophila atra

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Lotophila atra
Lotophila atra female, Harlech, North Wales, March 2012 (17484455091).jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Sphaeroceridae
Subfamily:
Copromyzinae
Genus:
Lotophila
Species:
L. atra
Binomial name
Lotophila atra
(Meigen, 1830) [1] [2]
Synonyms

Borborus geniculata(Macquart, 1835) [3]

Lotophila atra is a species of fly in the family Sphaeroceridae, the lesser dung flies. It is found in the Palearctic . [4] [5] [6]

The larvae live in a wide range of moist decaying organic materials where they feed on micro-organisms.

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References

  1. ↑ Norrbom, A.L.; Kim, K.C. (1984). "Taxonomic status of Lotophila Lioy, with a review of L. atra (Meigen) (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 86 (2): 305–311. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  2. ↑ Meigen, Johann Wilhelm (1830). "Borborus". Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäischen zweiflügeligen Insekten. Vol. 6. Hamm: Schulzesche Buchhandlung. p. 203.
  3. ↑ Macquart, Justin Pierre Marie. Histoire Naturelle des insectes. Dipteres. Tome deuxieme. Paris: Roret. pp. 710, 12 pl.
  4. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  5. ↑ Pitkin, B.R. (1988). "Lesser dung flies, Diptera: Sphaeroceridae". Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects . London: Royal Entomological Society of London. 10 (Part 5e): 1–175.
  6. ↑ 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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