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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Sciomyzoidea » Marsh Flies, Snail-killing Flies (Sciomyzidae) » Tetanocerini » Tetanocera » Tetanocera clara

Species Tetanocera clara

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Remarks · See Also · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")
Superfamily Sciomyzoidea
Family Sciomyzidae (Marsh Flies, Snail-killing Flies)
Tribe Tetanocerini
Genus Tetanocera
Species clara (Tetanocera clara)
Explanation of Names
Tetanocera clara Loew 1862
Range
QC-GA to WI-IL(1)
Remarks
One of only 4 species of Sciomyzids that prey on slugs.
See Also
Similar to T. valida, which has additional rows of spots in cell r1 along the costa and along vein CuA1.
Works Cited
1.Thompson F.C., Pape T., Evenhuis N.L. (2013) Systema Dipterorum, Version 1.5
Contributed by tom murray on 10 August, 2012 - 1:51pm
Additional contributions by v belov, Chris Angell
Last updated 4 July, 2023 - 9:38am

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