Melieria omissa
| Melieria omissa | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Ulidiidae |
| Genus: | Melieria |
| Species: | M. omissa |
| Binomial name | |
| Melieria omissa (Meigen, 1826) | |
| Synonyms | |
Melieria omissa is a small fly that is commonly found in wet, marshy vegetation in May. Scientists think that the dagger-like ovipositor of the females might be used for inserting eggs into vegetation.[3]
Distribution
M. omissa has been documented across Eurasia, from Great Britain to Korea, and as far south as Italy, Greece and the Arabian Peninsula.[4]
References
- ^ Chandler, Peter J. (1998). Checklists of Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Vol. 12. London: Royal Entomological Society of London. p. 122. ISBN 0-901546-82-8.
- ^ "Melieria misrica". Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
- ^ Multiple authors (1979). The Oxford Book of Insects. Oxford, South East England: Oxford University Press. pp. 132. ISBN 0-19-910005-5.
- ^ "Records for the family Ulidiidae (Diptera, Tephritoidea) in Saudi Arabia". African Entomology 24(1): 225–232 (2016).