''Atrichomelina'' is a genus of
flies
Flies are insects of the Order (biology), order Diptera, the name being derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwing ...
in the family
Sciomyzidae
The family Sciomyzidae belongs to the typical flies ( Brachycera) of the order Diptera. They are commonly called marsh flies, and in some cases snail-killing flies due to the food of their larvae.
Here, the Huttoninidae, Phaeomyiidae and Tet ...
, the marsh flies or snail-killing flies.
Biology
The larvae kill and consume aquatic
pulmonate snails of various species.
Species
*''
A. pubera''
( Loew, 1862)
References
Sciomyzidae
Sciomyzoidea genera
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