''Herina merzi'' is a species of
picture-winged fly known only from
Merishausen in the
canton of Schaffhausen,
Switzerland
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.
It is a mostly dark-coloured insect with shining-black
abdomen and brownish-black
thorax and
legs
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. The head is more colourful with a reddish-yellow
frons. The
wings are marked with three incomplete dark cross-bands and an isolated dark spot.
This insect, first found in 2001, surprisingly, appears to be more closely related to congeners from the
Indomalayan realm
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rather than other
European species. The location of the
type locality
Type locality may refer to:
* Type locality (biology)
* Type locality (geology)
See also
* Local (disambiguation)
* Locality (disambiguation)
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, far from
airports and major cities, suggests
accidental introduction is unlikely. The specific name ''merzi'' is in honour of the entomologist
Bernhard Merz.
References
Ulidiidae
Insects described in 2007
Diptera of Europe
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