Tetanocera robusta

Tetanocera robusta is a species of fly in the family Sciomyzidae. It is found in the Palearctic and Nearctic[1][2][3] The larvae develop in aquatic pulmonate snails including Gyraulus, Helisoma, Lymnaea, Physa, Planorbis. The habitat is marshy borders of lakes and ponds and permanent marshes.[4][5]

Tetanocera robusta
Tetanocera robusta North Wales
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Sciomyzidae
Genus: Tetanocera
Species:
T. robusta
Binomial name
Tetanocera robusta
Loew, 1847

References
  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Parts I, II. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi. ISBN 81-205-0080-6 ISBN 81-205-0081-4
  3. Séguy, E. (1934) Diptères: Brachycères. II. Muscidae acalypterae, Scatophagidae. Paris: Éditions Faune de France 28 Bibliotheque Virtuelle Numerique pdf
  4. Lloyd Vernon Knutson and Jean-Claude Vala, 2011Biology of Snail-Killing Sciomyzidae Flies Cambridge University Press ISBN 9780521867856
  5. B. A. Foote, L. V. Knutson, J. B. Keiper, 1999 The snail-killing flies of Alaska (Diptera: Sciomyzidae) Insecta Mundi, Vol. 13, No. 1-2, March–June, 1999 pdf


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