Silba fumosa
| Silba fumosa | |
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| Silba fumosa North Wales | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Lonchaeidae |
| Genus: | Silba |
| Species: | S. fumosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Silba fumosa (Egger, 1863)
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Silba fumosa is a species of fly in the family Lonchaeidae. It is found in the Palearctic.The flies reach a body length of about 4 millimeters. Their body is metallic dark blue in color. The mesonotum is dull in the male and shiny along the middle in the female. The legs are black, the wings brownish. The tegulum has a light seta fringe.They are found in mature woodland.[2][3][4][5]
References
- ^ "Silba fumosa (Egger, 1863)". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 26 January 2026.
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ 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
- ^ Séguy, E. (1934) Diptères: Brachycères. II. Muscidae acalypterae, Scatophagidae. Paris: Éditions Faune de France 28 Bibliotheque Virtuelle Numerique pdf
- ^ Joachim Haupt, Hiroko Haupt: Fliegen und Mücken. Beobachtung, Lebensweise. 1. Auflage. Naturbuch-Verlag, Jena / Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-89440-278-4.