Pegomya geniculata

Pegomya geniculata is a species of fly in the family Anthomyiidae. It has been recorded in the United States (North Carolina),[1] Ireland,[2] and Switzerland.[3] The insect is fungivorous, and uses the fruit bodies of several mushroom species to breed, such as Verpa bohemica.[4]

Pegomya geniculata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Anthomyiidae
Genus: Pegomya
Species:
P. geniculata
Binomial name
Pegomya geniculata
(Bouché, 1834)
Synonyms
  • Anthomyia geniculata Bouche, 1834
  • Anthomyia univittata Roser, 1840

References
  1. Huckett HC. (1974). "The Anthomyiidae and Muscidae of the Great Smoky Mountains and Mt. Mitchell, North Carolina (Diptera)". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 82 (2): 150–62. JSTOR 25008921.
  2. Blackith RM, Blackith RE. (1991). "Calypterate flies (Diptera: Anthomyiidae and Fanniidae) new to Ireland (Hydrophoria caudata, Lasiomma meadi, L. anthomyinum, Pegohylemyia phrenione, Pegomya geniculata, Phorbia securis, Fannia norvegica and F. melania". Bulletin of the Irish Biogeographical Society. 14 (1): 124–28. ISSN 0332-1185.)
  3. Ackland DM, Merz B. (2003). "New records of Anthomyiidae (Diptera) from Switzerland". Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft. 76 (3–4): 209–19. ISSN 0036-7575.
  4. Krivosheina NP. (2008). "Macromycete fruit bodies as a habitat for dipterans (Insecta, Diptera)". Entomological Review. 88 (7): 778–92. doi:10.1134/S0013873808070038.
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