About Limnia unguicornis (Scopoli, 1763)
Limnia unguicornis (Scopoli, 1763) is a species of fly belonging to the family Sciomyzidae, found in the Palearctic realm. This fly has four purple longitudinal stripes on its eyes, arranged as two medial and two marginal stripes. Its head is rufous, with brown spots on each side and a white face. The third antennal segment is blackish at the apex, while the rest of the segment is brownish red. Its arista is white. The brown ocellar plate extends as a depressed band to the anterior margin. The thorax is rufous-brown and bears two grey mesonotal bands, and the prothoracic bristles are ciliform. The legs are rufous. The wing membrane is covered with numerous pale spots separated by a brown network. For explanation of morphological terms, see Morphology of Diptera. Limnia unguicornis is primarily carnivorous, and is occasionally coprophagous. Mature larvae of this species have been recorded feeding on Succinea putris.
