Meiosimyza rorida

Meiosimyza rorida is a species of small flies of the family Lauxaniidae.[1][2][3]

Meiosimyza rorida
Meiosimyza rorida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Lauxaniidae
Subfamily:
Lauxaniinae
Genus:
Meiosimyza
Species:
M. rorida
Binomial name
Meiosimyza rorida
(Fallén, 1820)
Synonyms

Distribution

This species is present in most of Europe, in the Near East, and in the Nearctic realm.[4]

Habitat

This species usually lives in the herbous plants of deciduous wet forests and in hedges rows.[5][6]

Description

Meiosimyza rorida can reach a body length of about 3.2–4.2 millimetres (0.13–0.17 in). These small flies have rounded, yellowish bodies with dark bristles. They show characteristic sternopleural setae and anteroventral comb-like rows of black spinules on the fore femora. The head is yellowish-white, with large reddish compound eyes. The apex of the antennae is brown. The chest is reddish-yellow, with a shiny mesonotum and long bristles. The thorax and the abdomen are jointed by a narrow waist. The legs are yellowish. The wings are transparent and slightly yellow coloured.[5][6][7][8]

Biology

Females lay their eggs in rotting leaves, which the larvae feed on. Adults are active from May to October.[5] They mainly feed on nectar and pollen of Heracleum sphondylium.[6]

  • Meiosimyza cf. rorida, dorsal view

References
  1. "BioLib - Meiosimyza rorida". biolib.cz. Retrieved 2015-12-02.
  2. Шаталкин, Анатолий Иванович (2000). Определитель палеарктических мух семейства Lauxaniidae (Diptera) [Keys to the Palaearctic flies of the family Lauxaniidae (Diptera)] (Print) (in Russian). 5. Moscow: Zoologicheskie Issledovania. p. 102.
  3. Chandler, Peter J. (1998). Checklists of Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. New Series. 12. London: Royal Entomological Society of London. pp. 1–234. ISBN 0-901546-82-8.
  4. "Fauna Europaea : Taxon Details". faunaeur.org. Retrieved 2015-12-02.
  5. "Meiosimyza rorida - Meiosimyza rorida Lauxaniid Flies Fly Black White Synonyms Lauxaniidae Bristles". insectoid.info. Retrieved 2015-12-02.
  6. "Lyciella rorida". commanster.eu. Retrieved 2015-12-02.
  7. "Diptera.info - Discussion Forum: Lauxaniidae: Meiosimyza rorida for check please". diptera.info. Retrieved 2015-12-02.
  8. Séguy, E. (1934) Diptères: Brachycères. II. Muscidae acalypterae, Scatophagidae. Paris: Éditions Faune de France 28 Bibliotheque Virtuelle Numerique pdf
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