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Sciomyzidae
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Coremacera marginata
species of fly
Sepedon sphegea
species of insect
Trypetoptera punctulata
species of insect
Euthycera chaerophylli
species of fly
Elgiva cucularia
species of insect
Dictya umbrarum
species of insect
Tetanocera elata
species of insect
Pherbina coryleti
species of fly
Anticheta atriseta
species of insect
Ilione lineata
species of insect
Tetanocera
Tetanocera is a genus of marsh flies, insects in the family Sciomyzidae. There are at least 50 described species in Tetanocera.
Elgiva solicita
species of fly
Ilione albiseta
species of fly
Coremacera
Coremacera is a genus of flies in the family Sciomyzidae, the marsh flies or snail-killing flies.
Anticheta brevipennis
species of insect
Hydromya dorsalis
species of insect
Sepedon neili
species of marsh fly
Renocera stroblii
species of fly
Sciomyza
Sciomyza is a genus of flies in the family Sciomyzidae, the marsh flies or snail-killing flies.
Sepedon
Sepedon is a genus of flies in the family Sciomyzidae, the marsh flies or snail-killing flies.
Trypetoptera canadensis
species of insect
Limnia
genus of flies
Pherbellia cinerella
species of fly
Pherbellia argyra
species of fly
Pherbellia
Pherbellia is a genus of flies in the family Sciomyzidae, the marsh flies or snail-killing flies. They occur throughout the world, except for the Subantarctic region.
Salticella
Salticella is a genus of flies belonging to the family Sciomyzidae.
Pherbellia ventralis
species of fly
Euthycera arcuata
species of marsh fly
Ilione
genus of insects
Limnia unguicornis
species of fly
Renocera pallida
species of insect
Hydromya
Hydromya dorsalis is a species of fly in the family Sciomyzidae. It is found in the Palearctic. It is the only species in the genus Hydromya. Males have two elongated processes on the anterior margin of the fourth abdominal sternite. Larvae of Hydromya dorsalis are adapted for aquatic life and prey on aquatic pulmonate snails: Galba truncatula, Lymnaea sp. and Stagnicola palustris. Because of this, they are commonly referred to as snail-killing flies.
Adults are found on vegetation all year round but the main flight period is April to October. H. dorsalis is known from most of the Palaearctic
Limnia shannoni
species of marsh fly
Tetanocera robusta
species of insect
Limnia paludicola
species of fly
Tetanocera arrogans
species of insect
Pherbellia schoenherri
species of insect
Pteromicra angustipennis
species of fly
Pherbellia nana
species of fly
Sepedon spinipes
species of fly
Dictya
Dictya is a genus of marsh flies in the family Sciomyzidae. There are at least 20 described species in Dictya.
Elgiva
genus of insects
Colobaea punctata
species of insect
Dictya pictipes
species of insect
Tetanocera plebeja
species of insect
Tetanura
Tetanura is a genus of flies in the family Sciomyzidae, the marsh flies or snail-killing flies.
Dichetophora
Dichetophora is a genus of flies in the family Sciomyzidae, the marsh flies or snail-killing flies.
Psacadina
Psacadina is a genus of flies in the family Sciomyzidae, the marsh flies or snail-killing flies.
Sepedon armipes
species of marsh fly
Colobaea americana
species of marsh fly
Pherbina
Pherbina is a genus of flies in the family Sciomyzidae, the marsh flies or snail-killing flies.
Colobaea
Colobaea is a genus of flies in the family Sciomyzidae, the marsh flies or snail-killing flies.
Pherbellia tenuipes
species of marsh fly
Limnia boscii
species of marsh fly
Pteromicra
Pteromicra is a genus of flies in the family Sciomyzidae, the marsh flies or snail-killing flies.
Trypetoptera
Trypetoptera is a genus of marsh flies in the family Sciomyzidae. There are at least two described species in Trypetoptera.
Tetanocera plumosa
species of insect
Trypetolimnia rossica
Trypetolimnia rossica is a species of fly in the family Sciomyzidae and the only known species in the genus Trypetolimnia.
Tetanocera clara
species of insect