Pherbellia cinerella
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Sciomyzidae
Subfamily:
Sciomyzinae
Tribe:
Sciomyzini
Genus:
Pherbellia
Subgenus:
Ditaenia
Species:
P. cinerella
Binomial name
Pherbellia cinerella
(Fallén, 1820)

Pherbellia cinerella is a species of fly in the family Sciomyzidae. It is found in the Palearctic .[1][2][3] P. cinerella is a dark and very characteristic Pherbellia and easy to recognise in the field by its long mid-frontal stripe and darkened anterior wing margin. The larva is predatory on a variety of terrestrial and aquatic snails including Helicidae, Galba truncatula, Helix, Helicella, Succinea and Lymnaea.There is little or no host preference.[4][5] It is found in a wide range of habitats but it is most often found in warm and dry habitats such as coastal dunes and calcareous grassland where it can reach high numbers. It is also encountered in moist vegetation though in lesser numbers.[6] It is a potential biological control agent.

References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Parts I, II. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi. ISBN 81-205-0080-6 ISBN 81-205-0081-4
  3. ↑ Séguy, E. (1934) Diptères: Brachycères. II. Muscidae acalypterae, Scatophagidae. Paris: Éditions Faune de France 28 Bibliotheque Virtuelle Numerique pdf
  4. ↑ Rozkošný, R., 1984 The Sciomyzidae (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, 14 ISBN 90-04-07592-5 Hardback (224 pp., 639 figures, in English)
  5. ↑ Clifford O. Berg and Lloyd Knutson , 1978 Biology and systematics of the Sciomyzidae Ann.R ev. Entomol. 1978.2 3:239-258
  6. ↑ Bratt, A. D., L.V. Knutson, B. A. Foote, and C. O. Berg, 1969 Biology of Pherbellia(Diptera: Sciomyzidae).Cornell Univ. Agric. Exper. Sta., New York State Coll. Agric. Ithaca, N.Y. Mem. 404, pp. 1-247; 184 figures.
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