Euryomma peregrinum
Euryomma peregrinum is a small species of flies from the family Fanniidae. It is the type species of the genus Euryomma and was originally described by the German entomologist Johann Wilhelm Meigen, in 1826. Although he placed it in another genus.
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| Plate from Europäischen Zweiflügeligen illustrating Anthomyia peregrina (Figure 9) | |
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Biology
The larvae feed on decaying vegetable matter and carrion. Distribution is now most tropical and temperate regions worldwide, having been introduced. In Europe it is mainly Mediterranean.[1]
Description
The adult is a small fly of about 3 – 4 mm. With bare arista (as in Fannia), with the first pre-sutural dorsocentral bristle less than half as long as the second. Males have a lower orbital bristle.[1]
References
- Rozkosny, Rudolf; Gregor, František; Pont, Adrian C. (1997). The European Fanniidae (Diptera). Acta Scientiarum Natura Lium Academiae Scienti Arum Bohemicae Brno. 31. Brno, Czech Republic: Institute of Landscape Ecology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. pp. 1–80.
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