Euthycera chaerophylli
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Sciomyzidae |
| Genus: | Euthycera |
| Species: | E. chaerophylli
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| Euthycera chaerophylli (Fabricius, 1798)
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Euthycera chaerophylli is a species of fly in the family Sciomyzidae, the marsh flies or snail-killing flies.[3]
Distribution
This species can be found in most of Europe and in the Near East.[4]
Description
Euthycera chaerophylli can reach a length of about 10 millimetres (0.39 in). This fly has a slender body. The gray thorax shows 4 lines of brown spots. The prominent eyes are reddish. The head is yellowish. The yellowish antennae are forward-pointing. The wings are mottled with greyish spots.[5]
Biology
These flies are univoltine and overwinter in the puparia. The larvae develop in slugs.[1] They develop inside body of the host (endoparasitoids), mainly Deroceras species.[6]
References
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- ^ a b Rozkošný, R. (1984). The Sciomyzidae (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica. Vol. 14. E.J. Brill/Scandinavian Science Press. pp. 224 pp. ISBN 90-04-07592-5.
- ^ GBIF
- ^ "Taxon profile". www.biolib.cz. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Aramel.free.fr
- ^ Knutson, Lloyd Vernon; Vala, Jean-Claude (2011). Biology of Snail-Killing Sciomyzidae Flies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 526pp. ISBN 978-0-521-86785-6.