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Elgiva cucularia

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Elgiva cucularia
Elgiva cucularia North Wales
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E. cucularia
Binomial name
Elgiva cucularia
(Linnaeus, 1767)

Elgiva cucularia is a species of fly in the family Sciomyzidae. It is found in the Palearctic .[1][2][3] Larvae of E. cucularia are predators of aquatic, pulmonate snails in the families Lymnaeidae, Physidae, and Planorbidae. [4]

References

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Parts I,II. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi. ISBN 81-205-0080-6 ISBN 81-205-0081-4
  3. ^ Séguy, E. (1934) Diptères: Brachycères. II. Muscidae acalypterae, Scatophagidae. Paris: Éditions Faune de France 28 Bibliotheque Virtuelle Numerique pdf
  4. ^ L.V. Knutson and C. O. Berg , 2014 Biology and Immature Stages of Snail-Killing Flies: The Genus Elgiva (Diptera: Sciomyzidae) Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. (1964) 57 (2): 173-192.