Scoliocentra villosa

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Scoliocentra villosa
Heleomyza villosa, Trawscoed, North Wales, May 2013 (16740412558).jpg
Scoliocentra villosa North Wales
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Heleomyzidae
Genus: Scoliocentra
Species:
S. villosa
Binomial name
Scoliocentra villosa
(Meigen, 1830)

Scoliocentra villosa is a species of fly in the family Heleomyzidae. It is found in the Palearctic . [1] This species was described in 1830 by Johann Wilhelm Meigen as Helomyza villosa [1] .

The body length is 5.5 to 10 mm. It is characterized by the presence of setae on the propleura , usually one pair of setae on the prothorax , hairy mesopleura and numerous hairs at the base of the rear notopleural setae.For terms see Morphology of Diptera.

Scoliocentra villosa adult insects and saprophagous larvae are found in burrows and caves

male genitalia Scoliocentra villosa, Trawscoed, North Wales, April 2013 4 (16740402408).jpg
male genitalia

It is known from Ireland, Great Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Belarus, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Russia through Siberia to the Far East East [2] [3]

Content in this edit is translated from the existing Polish Wikipedia article at pl:Scoliocentra villosa; see its history for attribution

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References

  1. 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. Séguy, E. (1934) Diptères: Brachycères. II. Muscidae acalypterae, Scatophagidae. Paris: Éditions Faune de France 28 Bibliotheque Virtuelle Numerique pdf