Meromyza pratorum

Meromyza pratorum
Meromyza pratorum North Wales
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Chloropidae
Genus: Meromyza
Species:
M. pratorum
Binomial name
Meromyza pratorum
Meigen, 1830
Synonyms

Meromyza pratorum is a species of fly in the family Chloropidae, the grass flies. It is found in the Palearctic. The larva feeds on Poaceae such as Calamagrostis epigeios and probably other species of the genus Calamagrostis, and Leymus arenarius.

References

  1. ↑ fauna-eu.org from Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ 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.ISBN 81-205-0080-6 ISBN 81-205-0081-4
  3. ↑ Emilia. Petrovna Nartshuk and L. I. Fedoseeva and A review of the grassflies of the genus Meromyza Meigen, 1830 (Diptera, Chloropidae) of the Palaearctic fauna, with a key to the species, analysis of synonymy, host specialization, and geographical distribution: Part 1 Entomological Review 91(1), March 2011 DOI: 10.1134/S001387381101009X pdf .