Euryomma peregrinum

Euryomma peregrinum is a small species of flies from the family Fanniidae. It is the type species of the genus Euryomma and was originally described by the German entomologist Johann Wilhelm Meigen, in 1826. Although, he placed it in another genus.

Euryomma peregrinum
Plate from Europäischen Zweiflügeligen illustrating Anthomyia peregrina (Figure 9)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Fanniidae
Genus:
Euryomma
Species:
E. peregrinum

(Meigen, 1826)
Binomial name
Euryomma peregrinum
Synonyms
  • Anthomyia peregrina Meigen, 1826
  • Anthomyia communis Walker, 1853
  • Homalomya schembrii Rondani, 1866
  • Coenosia pseudomollicula Frauenfeld, 1867
  • Anthomyia brevipalpis Thomson, 1869
  • Homalomyia observanda Rondani, 1877
  • Hoplogaster dubia Grimshaw, 1901
  • Cerodiscia zelleri Enderlein, 1936

Biology

The larvae feed on decaying vegetable matter and carrion. Distribution is now most tropical and temperate regions worldwide, having been introduced. In Europe it is mainly Mediterranean.[1]

Description

The adult is a small fly of about 3 – 4 mm. With bare arista (as in Fannia), with the first pre-sutural dorsocentral bristle less than half as long as the second. Males have a lower orbital bristle.[1]

References
  1. Rozkosny, Rudolf; Gregor, František; Pont, Adrian C. (1997). The European Fanniidae (Diptera). Acta Scientiarum Natura Lium Academiae Scienti Arum Bohemicae Brno. Vol. 31. Brno, Czech Republic: Institute of Landscape Ecology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. pp. 1–80.
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