Oedoparena minor

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Oedoparena minor
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dryomyzidae
Genus: Oedoparena
Species:
O. minor
Binomial name
Oedoparena minor
Suwa, 1981 [1]

Oedoparena minor is a small (wing length 4.0-6.4) coastal fly from the family Dryomyzidae. [1]

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Distribution

Hokkaido, Japan. [1]

Ecology

The ecology of this species is little known, Adults have been reared from Pupa found in the empty shells of dead barnacles. [1] This is not unlike the life style of a North American species Oedoparena glauca , where the larvae feed on living barnacle, before pupating in a now empty barnical shell and then the adult flies emerge during the morning low tide. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Suwa, Masaaki (1981). "Description of a new Japanese species of Oedoparena, an Asio-American dipterous genus (Dryomyzidae)" (PDF). Insecta Matsumurana. New Series. 20. Hokkaido, Japan: Hokkaido University: 29–35. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2010-03-08.
  2. ↑ Burger, J.F.; Anderson, J.R.; Knudsen, M.F. (1980). "The habits and life history of Oedoparena glauca (Diptera: Dryomyzidae), a predator of barnacles". Proe. entomol. Soc. Wash. (Print). 82: 360–377.
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