''Coremacera marginata'' is a species of
fly
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in the family
Sciomyzidae, the marsh flies or snail-killing flies.
Subspecies
Subspecies
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include:
*''Coremacera marginata'' var. ''marginata''
(Fabricius, 1775)
*''Coremacera marginata'' var. ''pontica''
Elberg, 1968
Distribution and habitat
This species occurs in most of
Europe
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and in the
Near East
The ''Near East''; he, המזרח הקרוב; arc, ܕܢܚܐ ܩܪܒ; fa, خاور نزدیک, Xāvar-e nazdik; tr, Yakın Doğu is a geographical term which roughly encompasses a transcontinental region in Western Asia, that was once the hist ...
. These flies can be encountered in grasslands and woodlands,
Description
The adults of ''Coremacera marginata'' grow up to long. These flies have a slender, dark greyish body. The prominent eyes are reddish. The brown-yellowish antennae are forward-pointing, with a hairy 3rd segment and a whitish
arista
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. The dark grey wings are mottled with greyish spots.
Biology
Adults feed on nectar or sipping dew. Larvae prey on several terrestrial genera of snails.
[Knutson, L. V. (1973). Biology and immature stages of ''Coremacera marginata'' F. a predator of terrestrial snails (Dipt. Sciomyzidae). ''Insect Systematics & Evolution'' 4(2) 123-33.]
Gallery
File:Coremacera marginata mating - short.ogv, ''Coremacera marginata'' in copula, Hesse, Germany
File:Coremacera fg03.jpg, Side view
File:Scyomizidae - Coremacera marginata.JPG, Head with hairy terminal antennae
References
External links
Micropics.org.uk
Sciomyzidae
Insects described in 1775
Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius
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Muscomorph flies of Europe
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