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Species Saltella sphondylii

Very small fly - Saltella sphondylii Acalyptratae - Saltella sphondylii Small fly on flowers, tachinid? - Saltella sphondylii black scavenger fly male maybe - Saltella sphondylii black scavenger fly male maybe - Saltella sphondylii black scavenger fly male maybe - Saltella sphondylii Sepsidae, Black Scavenger Fly, dorsal - Saltella sphondylii - male yellow-leg fly - Saltella sphondylii
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily Sciomyzoidea
Family Sepsidae (Black Scavenger Flies)
Genus Saltella
Species sphondylii (Saltella sphondylii)
Explanation of Names
Saltella sphondylii (Schrank 1803)
Size
Wing: ♂ 1.9-2.8 mm, ♀ 2.0-2.7 mm(1)
Range
across n Eurasia and NA (QC-WA-CA)(2)(1), likely introduced in our area (all other congeners are restricted to the Old World). Tends to be found in disturbed areas, a common characteristic of nonnative species.(3)
Habitat
Larvae in cow dung &c.
Remarks
Color variable, with larger specimens tending to be paler.
Internet References
species page(4)
Works Cited
1.The Sepsidae (Diptera) of Europe
Pont A.C., Meier R. 2002. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica 37: 1-195.
2.de Jong Y.S.D.M. et al. (2014) Fauna Europaea - all European animal species on the web. Biodiversity Data Journal 2: e4034.
3.Flies The Natural History & Diversity of Diptera
Stephen A. Marshall. 2012. Firefly Books.
4.Sepsidnet
Contributed by Matthias Buck on 17 May, 2009 - 8:42pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 30 May, 2023 - 8:23pm

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