Meromyza pratorum

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Meromyza pratorum
Meromyza pratorum, Dinle, North Wales, July 2013 (16644346140).jpg
Meromyza pratorum North Wales
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Chloropidae
Genus: Meromyza
Species:
M. pratorum
Binomial name
Meromyza pratorum
Meigen, 1830
Synonyms

Meromyza pratorum is a species of fly in the family Chloropidae, the grass flies. It is found in the Palearctic. [1] [2] The larva feeds on Poaceae such as Calamagrostis epigeios and probably other species of the genus Calamagrostis , and Leymus arenarius . [3]

References

  1. ↑ Informatiion from Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ 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
  3. ↑ Emilia. Petrovna Nartshuk and L. I. Fedoseeva and A review of the grassflies of the genus Meromyza Meigen, 1830 (Diptera, Chloropidae) of the Palaearctic fauna, with a key to the species, analysis of synonymy, host specialization, and geographical distribution: Part 1 Entomological Review 91(1), March 2011 DOI: 10.1134/S001387381101009X pdf .
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