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Species Thaumatomyia glabra

Frit Fly - Thaumatomyia glabra - female Frit Fly - Thaumatomyia glabra Tiny fly - Thaumatomyia glabra Grass Fly (Thaumatomyia glabra?) Mating Pair - Thaumatomyia glabra - male - female Frit Fly - Thaumatomyia glabra Thaumatomyia ? - Thaumatomyia glabra - female Grass Fly - Thaumatomyia glabra - male Thaumatomyia? - Thaumatomyia glabra
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily Carnoidea
Family Chloropidae (Frit Flies)
Subfamily Chloropinae (Grass Flies)
Genus Thaumatomyia
Species glabra (Thaumatomyia glabra)
Explanation of Names
Thaumatomyia glabra (Meigen, 1830)
Food
"The larvae of Chloropisca glabra are peculiar among Chloropids in being predaceous on root aphids." -- Sabrosky, 1935
Print References
Sabrosky, Curtis W. 1935. The Chloropidae of Kansas (Diptera). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 61(3):207-268.