🦋 Family

Sciomyzidae

8 species · Animals

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Diptera › Sciomyzidae

Limnia unguicornis is a Palearctic sciomyzid fly with carnivorous larvae that feed on Succinea putris.

Euthycera chaerophylli is a spotted fly found in most of Europe and the Near East.

Sepedon sphegea is a Palearctic snail-killing marsh fly whose larvae feed on aquatic snails, found in wet open habitats.

Coremacera marginata is a spotted-wing fly found across most of Europe and the Near East in grasslands and woodlands.

Trypetoptera punctulata is a Palearctic fly from the Sciomyzidae family with larvae that prey on Helicidae.

Elgiva cucularia is a Palearctic species of sciomyzid fly whose larvae prey on aquatic pulmonate snails.

Pherbellia cinerella is a Palearctic sciomyzid fly with predatory larvae and potential use as a biological control agent.

Pherbellia schoenherri is a common Palearctic sciomyzid fly whose larvae develop in succineid snail shells.

Related Families

Syrphidae 232 species Cecidomyiidae 92 species Tephritidae 78 species Tachinidae 58 species Culicidae 54 species Bombyliidae 53 species Stratiomyidae 51 species Asilidae 49 species

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