Pherbellia schoenherri
Pherbellia schoenherri North Wales. Note the maculated wings.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Sciomyzidae
Subfamily:
Sciomyzinae
Tribe:
Sciomyzini
Genus:
Pherbellia
Subgenus:
Pherbellia
Species:
P. schoenherri
Binomial name
Pherbellia schoenherri
(Fallén, 1826)

Pherbellia schoenherri is a species of fly in the family Sciomyzidae. It is found in the Palearctic .[1][2][3] The females lay eggs on the shells of Succineidae including Succinea putris. The resultant larvae consume the animal and pupate within the shell.[4] P. schoenherri is a very common and widespread species with a very long flight period. It flies mainly from April to October, but in most European countries, it occurs all year round and in a very wide variety of both dry and moist habitats.

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. ↑ 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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