Teutoniomyia

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Teutoniomyia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Sciomyzidae
Tribe: Tetanocerini
Genus: Teutoniomyia
Hennig, 1952 [1]
Type species
Teutoniomyia plaumanni
Hennig, 1952 [1]

Teutoniomyia is a genus of flies in the family Sciomyzidae, the marsh flies or snail-killing flies. [2]

Species

Species include:

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Sciomyzidae

The family Sciomyzidae belongs to the typical flies (Brachycera) of the order Diptera. They are commonly called marsh flies, and in some cases snail-killing flies due to the food of their larvae.

<i>Pherbellia</i> Genus of flies

Pherbellia is a genus of flies in the family Sciomyzidae, the marsh flies or snail-killing flies. They occur throughout the world, except for the Subantarctic region.

<i>Sepedon sphegea</i>

Sepedon sphegea is a Palearctic species of fly in the family Sciomyzidae, the marsh flies or snail-killing flies. The larva feeds on aquatic snails and as an opportunist on other invertebrates. The habitat of this species includes among many others, pond margins and damp meadows. It has a particular fondness for Iris pseudacorus which grow at the edges of the pond. Adults can be found all year long but the main flight period is from March to October.

<i>Anticheta</i> Genus of flies

Anticheta is a genus of flies in the family Sciomyzidae, the marsh flies or snail-killing flies.

<i>Colobaea</i> Genus of flies

Colobaea is a genus of flies in the family Sciomyzidae, the marsh flies or snail-killing flies.

<i>Limnia</i> (fly) Genus of flies

Limnia is a genus of flies in the family Sciomyzidae, the marsh flies or snail-killing flies.

<i>Pherbina coryleti</i>

Pherbina coryleti is a species of fly in the family Sciomyzidae. It is found in the Palearctic. The larvae are aquatic and predators of freshwater snails.

<i>Pherbellia ventralis</i>


Pherbellia ventralis is a species of fly in the family Sciomyzidae. It is found in the Palearctic. The larvae feed on aquatic snails including Stagnicola palustris.

<i>Pteromicra angustipennis</i>

Pteromicra angustipennis is a species of fly in the family Sciomyzidae. It is found in the Palearctic. The larvae predators of terrestrial snails or stranded freshwater pulmonate snails.

<i>Tetanocera robusta</i>

Tetanocera robusta is a species of fly in the family Sciomyzidae. It is found in the Palearctic and Nearctic The larvae develop in aquatic pulmonate snails including Gyraulus, Helisoma, Lymnaea, Physa, Planorbis.The habitat is marshy borders of lakes and ponds and permanent marshes.

<i>Dictya</i>

Dictya is a genus of marsh flies in the family Sciomyzidae. There are at least 20 described species in Dictya.

Tetanocerini

Tetanocerini is a tribe of flies in the family Sciomyzidae. There are at least 120 described species in the tribe.

Dictyodes is a genus of flies in the family Sciomyzidae, the marsh flies or snail-killing flies.

Eutrichomelina is a genus of flies in the family Sciomyzidae, the marsh flies or snail-killing flies.

Protodictya is a genus of flies in the family Sciomyzidae, the marsh flies or snail-killing flies.

Sepedonea is a genus of flies in the family Sciomyzidae, the marsh flies or snail-killing flies.

Thecomyia is a Neotropical genus of flies in the family Sciomyzidae, the marsh flies or snail-killing flies.

Sciomyzini

Sciomyzini is a tribe of flies in the family Sciomyzidae.

Calliscia callisceles is a species of fly in the family Sciomyzidae from the Neotropical region, and the only described species in the genus Calliscia.

Sciomyzinae

Sciomyzinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Sciomyzidae.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Hennig, Willi (1952). "Bemerkenswerte neue Acalyptraten in der Sammlung des Deutschen Entomologischen Institutes (Diptera: Acalyptrata)". Beiträge zur Entomologie. 2 (6): 604–618. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  2. Knutson, Lloyd Vernon; Vala, Jean-Claude (2011). Biology of Snail-Killing Sciomyzidae Flies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 1–526. ISBN   978-0521867856.
  3. Steyskal, George C. (1960). "New North and Central American species of Sciomyzidae (Diptera: Acalyptratae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 62: 33–43. Retrieved 25 November 2018.