Oedoparena minor

Oedoparena minor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Dryomyzidae
Genus:	Oedoparena
Species:	O. minor
Binomial name
	Oedoparena minor; Suwa, 1981

Oedoparena minor is a small (wing length 4.0-6.4) coastal fly from the family Dryomyzidae.^[1]

Distribution

Hokkaido, Japan.^[1]

Ecology

The ecology of this species is little known, Adults have been reared from Pupa found in the empty shells of dead barnacles.^[1] This is not unlike the life style of a North American species Oedoparena glauca, where the larvae feed on living barnacle, before pupating in a now empty barnical shell and then the adult flies emerge during the morning low tide.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Suwa, Masaaki (1981). "Description of a new Japanese species of Oedoparena, an Asio-American dipterous genus (Dryomyzidae)" (pdf). Insecta Matsumurana. New Series. 20. Hokkaido, Japan: Hokkaido University: 29–35.
^ Burger, J.F.; Anderson, J.R.; Knudsen, M.F. (1980). "The habits and life history of Oedoparena glauca (Diptera: Dryomyzidae), a predator of barnacles". Proe. entomol. Soc. Wash. (Print). 82: 360–377.

[Suwa-1] Suwa, Masaaki (1981). "Description of a new Japanese species of Oedoparena, an Asio-American dipterous genus (Dryomyzidae)" (pdf). Insecta Matsumurana. New Series. 20. Hokkaido, Japan: Hokkaido University: 29–35.

[Burger-2] Burger, J.F.; Anderson, J.R.; Knudsen, M.F. (1980). "The habits and life history of Oedoparena glauca (Diptera: Dryomyzidae), a predator of barnacles". Proe. entomol. Soc. Wash. (Print). 82: 360–377.

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