''Scoliocentra villosa '' is a species of

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in the family

Heleomyzidae The Heleomyzidae is a small family of true flies in the insect order Diptera. Over 740 described species of Heleomyzidae occur in about 76 generaPape, Thomas, Vladimir Blagoderov, and Michail B. Mostovski. "Order Diptera Linnaeus, 1758." An ...

. It is found in the

Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Sibe ...

. This species was described in 1830 by Johann Wilhelm Meigen as Helomyza villosa . The body length is 5.5 to 10 mm. It is characterized by the presence of setae on the propleura , usually one pair of setae on the prothorax , hairy mesopleura and numerous hairs at the base of the rear notopleural setae.For terms see Morphology of Diptera. ''Scoliocentra villosa '' adult insects and saprophagous larvae are found in burrows and caves It is known from Ireland, Great Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Belarus, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Russia through Siberia to the Far East East Séguy, E. (1934) ''Diptères: Brachycères''. II. ''Muscidae acalypterae, Scatophagidae''. Paris: Éditions Faune de France 2
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Heleomyzidae Insects described in 1830 Muscomorph flies of Europe Taxa named by Johann Wilhelm Meigen {{heleomyzidae-stub