Meiosimyza

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

Meiosimyza is a genus of small flies of the family Lauxaniidae.[1]

Species

A female Meiosimyza platycephala oviposits into moss on a fallen beech in a forest near Marburg, Germany
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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) 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. New Series 12 (London: Royal Entomological Society of London). pp. 1–234. ISBN 0-901546-82-8.
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