Serromyia femorata
| Serromyia femorata | |
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| Serromyia femorata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Ceratopogonidae |
| Subfamily: | Ceratopogoninae |
| Tribe: | Ceratopogonini |
| Genus: | Serromyia |
| Species: | S. femorata |
| Binomial name | |
| Serromyia femorata (Meigen, 1804) | |
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Serromyia femorata is a species of biting midge in the subfamily Ceratopogoninae. The species is noted for its peculiar mating practice: during mating, the ventral surfaces and mouthparts of the partners touch. After copulation, the female sucks out the body fluid of her mate through the mouth, thereby killing it (sexual cannibalism).
References
- Borkent, A. & B. Bissett. 1990. A revision of the Holarctic species of Serromyia Meigen (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Systematic Entomology, 15(2): 153-217.
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