Herina paludum
Herina cf. paludum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Ulidiidae
Genus:
Herina
Species:
H. paludum
Binomial name
Herina paludum
(Fallén, 1820)
Synonyms
  • Ortalis paludum Fallén, 1820
  • Herina longicornis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
  • Herina longicornis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

Herina paludum is a species of picture-winged fly in the genus Herina of the family Ulidiidae.[1]

Distribution

This species is present in most of Europe (England, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Sweden, Egypt, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Poland, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany, Greece and Slovenia)[2] and in North Africa.[3]

Description

Herina paludum can reach a body length of 3–4 millimetres (0.12–0.16 in). In these picture-winged flies mesonotum and abdominal tergites are shining black. Scutellum is brownish-black. The central area of the head between the eyes (frontal stripe) is velvet-black. Face is conspicuously produced anteriorly, lower face is shining black. Eyes are reddish brown. The third segment of the antennae is long and strap-like. Wings are hyaline, with few brown patches, mainly a partly brown costal cell and a rounded or band-like apical spot. Femora and tibiae are partly dark brown.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ BioLib
  2. ↑ Fauna europaea
  3. ↑ Catalogue of life
  4. ↑ Family Ulidiidae - Diptera in beeld
  5. ↑ Kameneva, E. P. (2007). "A new species of Herina (Diptera: Ulidiidae) from Switzerland with a key to European species and notes on nomenclature and distribution" (PDF). Vestnik zoologii. 41 (5): 405–421. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-20.
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