Limosina silvatica

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Limosina silvatica
File:Limosina silvatica female, Harlech, North Wales, March 2012 (17482634382).jpg
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Sphaeroceridae
Genus: Limosina
Species:
L. silvatica
Binomial name
Limosina silvatica
(Meigen, 1830)
Synonyms
  • Borborus silvaticus Meigen, 1830

Limosina silvatica is a species of fly in the family Sphaeroceridae, the lesser dung flies. It is found in the Palearctic.[1][2][3] The larvae live in a wide range of moist decaying organic materials where they feed on micro-organisms.

References

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  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ Pitkin BR (1988) Lesser dung flies, Diptera: Sphaeroceridae. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 10, Part 5e. Royal Entomological Society of London, London, 175 pp.
  3. ^ 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.Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).

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