Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Hexapoda Order Diptera Rank Genus | Phylum Arthropoda Class Insecta Family Sciomyzidae | |
Similar Anticheta, Colobaea, Limnia, Euthycera, Pherbellia | ||
Atrichomelina is a genus of fly in the family Sciomyzidae, the marsh flies or snail-killing flies.
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Biology
The larvae kill and consume aquatic pulmonate snails of various species.
Species
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