''Tetanocera elata'' is a species of fly in the family

Sciomyzidae The family (biology), family Sciomyzidae belongs to the typical flies (Brachycera) of the order (biology), order Fly, Diptera. They are commonly called marsh flies, and in some cases snail-killing flies due to the food of their larvae. Here, t ...

. It is found in the

Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, the largest of eight. Confined almost entirely to the Eastern Hemisphere, it stretches across Europe and Asia, north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. Th ...

Larvae of ''T. elata'' are known obligate feeders on slugs both as parasitoids and predators.Lloyd Vernon Knutson and Jean-Claude Vala, 2011''Biology of Snail-Killing Sciomyzidae Flies'' Cambridge University Press

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at BOLD Sciomyzidae Insects described in 1781 Diptera of Europe {{sciomyzoidea-stub