Fucellia maritima

Fucellia maritima
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Anthomyiidae
Subfamily: Anthomyiinae
Tribe: Anthomyini
Genus: Fucellia
Species:
F. maritima
Binomial name
Fucellia maritima
(Haliday, 1838)[1]

Fucellia maritima is a Palearctic and Nearctic species of kelp fly in the family Anthomyiidae.[2] Adults are found in large numbers from March to September on the British Isles coast. The species is particularly attracted to Fucus sp. and Laminaria sp. seaweed.[3]

References

  1. ^ Haliday, A. (1838). XXII.—New British insects indicated in Mr. Curtis's guide. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 2(9): 183-190. online at [1]
  2. ^ Aldrich, J.M. 1918. The kelp-flies of North America (genus Fucellia, family Anthomyidae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series 8, 157–159
  3. ^ Egglishaw, H. J. 1960. The life-history of Fucellia maritima (Haliday) (Diptera, Muscidae). Entomologist 93, 225–31.


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