| Mesembrina | |
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| Mesembrina meridiana female | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Muscidae |
| Subfamily: | Muscinae |
| Tribe: | Muscini |
| Genus: | Mesembrina Meigen, 1826 |
Mesembrina is a genus from the fly family Muscidae. [1] [2]
These 14 valid species belong to the genus Mesembrina:
Data sources: i = ITIS, [3] c = Catalogue of Life, [4] g = GBIF, [5] b = Bugguide.net [6]
For Mesembrina pallida (Say, 1829) c g this is treated in some schemes as Nomen dubium, therefore excluded.
For Mesembrina decipiens also see the junior synonym Hyperdermodes solitaria Knab, 1914, given in some sources as Mesembrina solitaria (Knab, 1914) i
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Muscini is a Tribe of flies from the family Muscidae.
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Omosita is a genus of sap beetles, erected by Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson in 1843.
Mansonia mosquitoes are large black or brown mosquitoes with sparkling on their wings and legs. They breed in ponds and lakes containing certain aquatic plants, especially the floating type like Pistia stratiotes and water hyacinth. The eggs are laid in star-shaped clusters on the undersurface of leaves of these plants. The larvae and pupae are found attached to the rootlets of these plants by their siphons. They obtain their air supply from these rootlets. When preparing to transform into adults, these pupae come to the surface of water and the fully formed adults emerge and escape. The control of Mansonia mosquitoes accomplished by removal or destruction of the aquatic host plants by herbicides.
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