Lotophila atra
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Sphaeroceridae |
| Genus: | Lotophila |
| Species: | L. atra
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| Binomial name | |
| Lotophila atra | |
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Borborus geniculata (Macquart, 1835)[3] | |
Lotophila atra is a species of fly in the family Sphaeroceridae, the lesser dung flies. It is found in the Palearctic.[4][5][6]
The larvae live in a wide range of moist decaying organic materials where they feed on micro-organisms.
References
- ^ Norrbom, A.L.; Kim, K.C. (1984). "Taxonomic status of Lotophila Lioy, with a review of L. atra (Meigen) (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 86 (2): 305–311. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
- ^ Meigen, Johann Wilhelm (1830). "Borborus". Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäischen zweiflügeligen Insekten. Vol. 6. Hamm: Schulzesche Buchhandlung. p. 203.
- ^ Macquart, Justin Pierre Marie. Histoire Naturelle des insectes. Dipteres. Tome deuxieme. Paris: Roret. pp. 710, 12 pl.
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Pitkin, B.R. (1988). "Lesser dung flies, Diptera: Sphaeroceridae". Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. 10 (Part 5e). London: Royal Entomological Society of London: 1–175.
- ^ 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