''Pherbellia'' is a genus of flies in the family Sciomyzidae, the marsh flies or snail-killing flies. They occur throughout the world, except for the Subantarctic region. Like many Sciomyzidae, species of this genus have larvae that are predators or

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s of snails. The larva of ''P. albovaria'', for example, eats

land snail A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells (those without shells are known as ...

s such as ''

Anguispira alternata ''Anguispira alternata'', common name the flamed disc or flamed tigersnail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Discidae, the disk snails. Flamed discs are medium-sized snails, with s ...

'' and '' A. fergusoni'', and then pupates in the empty shell. The ''P. albocostata'' larva eats up to five snails and then pupates in the ground litter next to the last empty shell. The larva of ''P. inflexa'' attacks the glass snail ''

Zonitoides arboreus ''Zonitoides arboreus'', commonly known as the quick gloss snail, is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Gastrodontidae. Distribution The native distribution of ''Z. arboreus'' is ...

''. ''P. punctata'' is a parasitoid on the amber snail '' Succinea putris''. ''P. anubis'' larvae feed on several types of

freshwater snail Freshwater snails are gastropod mollusks which live in fresh water. There are many different families. They are found throughout the world in various habitats, ranging from ephemeral pools to the largest lakes, and from small seeps and springs ...

s along the edges of ponds and marshes. Several ''Pherbellia'' are predators of the pond snail ''

Stagnicola palustris ''Stagnicola palustris'' is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails. Taxonomy ''Stagnicola turricula'' is a synonym of ''Stagnicola palustris'', because t ...

''. While most snail-killing flies target land and freshwater pulmonate snails, ''P. prefixa'' preys on the mossy valvata (''Valvata sincera''), which is an operculate snail in the valve snail family. As of 2012 there were about 95 species in the genus.

Species

Species in this genus include:''Pherbellia''.
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). *Subgenus '' Chetocera''

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, 1830 :*'' P. albicarpa'' ( Rondani, 1868) :*'' P. albocostata'' ( Fallén, 1820) :*'' P. albovaria'' (

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, 1901) :*'' P. alpina'' ( Frey, 1930) :*'' P. annulipes'' (

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, 1846) :*'' P. anubis'' Knutson, 1969 :*'' P. argyrotarsis'' ( Becker, 1908) :*'' P. austera'' ( Meigen, 1830) :*'' P. czernyi'' ( Hendel, 1902) :*'' P. dorsata'' (

, 1846) :*'' P. dubia'' ( Fallén, 1820) :*'' P. fisheri'' Orth, 1987 :*'' P. footei'' Steyskal, 1961 :*'' P. griseicollis'' ( Becker, 1900) :*'' P. griseola'' ( Fallén, 1820) :*'' P. hackmani'' Rozkosny, 1982 :*'' P. hermonensis'' Knutson & Freidberg, 1983 :*'' P. idahoensis'' Steyskal, 1961 :*'' P. inclusa'' ( Wollaston, 1858) :*'' P. melanderi'' Steyskal, 1963 :*'' P. nana'' ( Fallén, 1820) :*'' P. obscura'' (Ringdahl, 1948) :*'' P. obtusa'' ( Fallén, 1820) :*'' P. oregona'' Steyskal, 1961 :*'' P. pallidiventris'' ( Fallén, 1820) :*'' P. pilosa'' ( Hendel, 1902) :*'' P. priscillae'' Knutson & Freidberg, 1983 :*'' P. quadrata'' Steyskal, 1961 :*'' P. rozkosnyi'' Verbeke, 1967 :*'' P. scutellaris'' (von Roser, 1840) :*'' P. seticoxa'' Steyskal, 1961 :*'' P. similis'' (Cresson, 1920) :*'' P. sordida'' ( Hendel, 1902) :*'' P. steyskali'' Rozkosny & Zuska, 1965 :*'' P. subtilis'' Orth & Steyskal, 1980 :*'' P. suspecta'' Orth & Steyskal, 1981 :*'' P. vitalis'' (Cresson, 1920) :*'' P. ventralis'' ( Fallén, 1820) *Subgenus '' Dictyomyza'' Enderlein, 1939 :*'' P. clathrata'' ( Loew, 1874) *Subgenus '' Ditaenia'' Hendel, 1902 :*'' P. cinerella'' ( Fallén, 1820) *Subgenus '' Graphomyzina'' Macquart, 1835 :*'' P. cingulata'' (Verbeke, 1950) :*'' P. costata'' (Verbeke, 1950) :*'' P. dives'' ( Bezzi, 1928) :*'' P. guttata'' (

, 1901) :*'' P. javana'' Meijere, 1911 :*'' P. juxtajavana'' Knutson, Manguin & Orth, 1990 :*'' P. kivuana'' (Verbeke, 1950) :*'' P. limbata'' ( Meigen, 1830) :*'' P. trabeculata'' ( Loew, 1872) *Subgenus '' Oxytaenia'' Sack, 1939 :*'' P. beatricis'' Steyskal, 1949 :*'' P. borea'' Orth, 1982 :*'' P. brunnipes'' ( Meigen, 1838) :*'' P. bryanti'' Steyskal, 1967 :*'' P. californica'' Orth, 1982 :*'' P. knutsoni'' Verbeke, 1967 :*'' P. marthae'' Orth, 1982 :*'' P. mikiana'' ( Hendel, 1900) :*'' P. pallidicarpa'' ( Rondani, 1868) :*'' P. paludum'' Orth, 1982 :*'' P. prefixa'' Steyskal, 1967 :*'' P. propages'' Steyskal, 1967 :*'' P. stackelbergi'' Elberg, 1965 :*'' P. ursilacus'' Orth, 1982 *Subgenus ''

Pherbellia ''Pherbellia'' is a genus of flies in the family Sciomyzidae, the marsh flies or snail-killing flies. They occur throughout the world, except for the Subantarctic region. Like many Sciomyzidae, species of this genus have larvae that are predator ...

, 1830 :*'' P. schoenherri'' ( Fallén, 1826) *unplaced :*'' P. aloea'' Orth, 1983 :*'' P. argyra'' Verbeke, 1967 :*'' P. brevistriata'' Li, Yang & Gu, 2001 :*'' P. causta'' Hendel, 1913 :*'' P. chiloesis'' ( Malloch, 1933) :*'' P. dentata'' Merz & Rozkosny, 1995 :*'' P. ditoma'' Steyskal, 1956 :*'' P. evittata'' ( Malloch, 1933) :*'' P. frohnei'' Steyskal, 1963 :*'' P. garganica'' Rivosecchi, 1989 :*'' P. goberti'' ( Pandellé, 1902) :*'' P. guttipennis'' Hendel, 1932 :*'' P. inflexa'' Orth, 1983 :*'' P. koreana'' Rozkosny & Kozanek, 1989 :*'' P. krivosheinae'' Rozkosny & Knutson, 1991 :*'' P. kugleri'' Knutson, 1986 :*'' P. luctifera'' ( Loew, 1861) :*'' P. lutheri'' Rozkosny, 1982 :*'' P. majuscula'' ( Rondani, 1868) :*'' P. orientalis'' Rozkosny & Knutson, 1991 :*'' P. ozerovi'' Rozkosny, 1991 :*'' P. phela'' Steyskal, 1963 :*'' P. philippii'' ( Malloch, 1933) :*'' P. shatalkini'' Rozkosny, 1991 :*'' P. silana'' Rivosecchi, 1989 :*'' P. spectabilis'' Orth, 1984 :*'' P. tenuipes'' ( Loew, 1872) :*'' P. terminalis'' ( Walker, 1858) :*'' P. tricolor'' Sueyoshi, 2001 :*'' P. vittigera'' ( Malloch, 1933)

References

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