Meiosimyza

Meiosimyza
Meiosimyza decempunctata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Lauxaniidae
Subfamily: Lauxaniinae
Genus: Meiosimyza
Hendel, 1925
Type species
Sapromyza platycephala
Fallén, 1820
Synonyms
Meiosimyza platycephala in copula. The female plays a very active role in the courtship.

Meiosimyza is a genus of small flies of the family Lauxaniidae.

Species

A female Meiosimyza platycephala oviposits into moss on a fallen beech in a forest near Marburg, Germany

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Шаталкин, Анатолий Иванович (2000). Определитель палеарктических мух семейства Lauxaniidae (Diptera) [Keys to the Palaearctic flies of the family Lauxaniidae (Diptera)] (Print) (in Russian). Vol. 5. Moscow: Zoologicheskie Issledovania. p. 102.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 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. pp. 1–234. ISBN 0-901546-82-8.
  3. 1 2 3 Loew, Hermann (1847). "Dipterologische Beitrage. Dritter Theil. Jahresber". Naturwiss. Ver. Posen. 1846: 1–44.