'' Calliopum'' is a genus of small
flies
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of the family
Lauxaniidae
The Lauxaniidae are a family of Acalyptratae, acalyptrate fly, flies. They generally are small flies (length 7 mm or less) with large compound eyes that often are brightly coloured in life, sometimes with characteristic horizontal stripes, s ...
.
Description
Most, but not all, are luscious black or metallic flies.
They are smaller than 5 mm and usually have iridescent eyes. Adults can be found from May until December in meadows and hedge rows.
[Commanster]
/ref> The larvae may be phytophagous
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or saprophagous
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, mainly feeding on rotting vegetable matter or mining clover leaves.
Distribution
These species are present on most of Europe
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, in the eastern Palearctic realm
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The ...
, in the Near East
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and in North Africa
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.[Fauna Europaea]
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Species
*'' C. acrostichalis'' Sasakawa & Kozanek, 1995
*'' C. aeneum'' ( Fallén, 1820)Strobl
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, 1909)
*'' C. annulatum'' (Becker
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, 1907)Fabricius Fabricius (, ) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*people from the Ancient Roman Fabricia gens, gens Fabricia:
**Gaius Fabricius Luscinus, the first of the Fabricii to move to Rome
* Johann Goldsmid (1587–1616), known by his ...
, 1805)Czerny Czerny is a surname meaning "black" in some Slavic languages. It is one of many variant forms, including Czarny, Černý, Czernik, Cherney, and Čierny, among others.
People
Notable people with this surname include:
* Adalbert Czerny (1863–194 ...
, 1935
*'' C. quadrisetosum'' (Thomson, 1869)
*'' C. rufipes'' (Czerny Czerny is a surname meaning "black" in some Slavic languages. It is one of many variant forms, including Czarny, Černý, Czernik, Cherney, and Čierny, among others.
People
Notable people with this surname include:
* Adalbert Czerny (1863–194 ...
, 1932)
References
External links
Biolib
University of Michigan, ''Calliopum'' tree
Lauxaniidae
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Muscomorph flies of Europe
Schizophora genera
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