''Pelidnoptera'' 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 hindwin ...
belonging to the family
Phaeomyiidae
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 Tetano ...
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The species of this genus are found in Europe.
Species:
* ''
Pelidnoptera fuscipennis''
(Meigen, 1830)
* ''
Pelidnoptera leptiformis''
(Schiner, 1862)
* ''
Pelidnoptera nigripennis''
(Fabricius, 1794)
References
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Sciomyzidae
Sciomyzoidea genera
Taxa named by Camillo Rondani