Coremacera marginata
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Coremacera marginata is a species of fly in the family Sciomyzidae, the marsh flies or snail-killing flies.
Coremacera marginata | |
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Coremacera marginata. Dorsal view | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Sciomyzidae |
Subfamily: | Sciomyzinae |
Tribe: | Tetanocerini |
Genus: | Coremacera |
Species: | C. marginata |
Binomial name | |
Coremacera marginata (Fabricius, 1775) | |
Synonyms | |
Subspecies include:[1]
- Coremacera marginata var. marginata (Fabricius, 1775)
- Coremacera marginata var. pontica Elberg, 1968
This species occurs in most of Europe and in the Near East.[2] These flies can be encountered in grasslands and woodlands,
The adults of Coremacera marginata grow up to 7–10 millimetres (0.28–0.39 in) long. These flies have a slender, dark greyish body. The prominent eyes are reddish. The brown-yellowish antennae are forward-pointing, with a hairy 3rd segment and a whitish arista. The dark grey wings are mottled with greyish spots.[3][4]
Adults feed on nectar or sipping dew. Larvae prey on several terrestrial genera of snails.[5]
- Coremacera marginata in copula, Hesse, Germany
- Side view
- Head with hairy terminal antennae
- L. Watson and M. J. Dallwitz. Sciomyzidae Archived 2007-10-12 at the Wayback Machine
- Knutson, L. V. (1973). Biology and immature stages of Coremacera marginata F. a predator of terrestrial snails (Dipt. Sciomyzidae). Insect Systematics & Evolution 4(2) 123-33.
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