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Sciomyza

Sciomyza is a genus of flies in the family Sciomyzidae, the marsh flies or snail-killing flies.

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Sciomyza
Sciomyza aristalis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Sciomyzidae
Subfamily: Sciomyzinae
Tribe: Sciomyzini
Genus: Sciomyza
Fallén, 1820
Type species
Sciomyza simplex
Fallén, 1820
Synonyms

Sciomyza is a genus of flies in the family Sciomyzidae, the marsh flies or snail-killing flies.1

Species

References

References

  1. Knutson, Lloyd Vernon; Vala, Jean-Claude (2011). Biology of Snail-Killing Sciomyzidae Flies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 1–526. ISBN 978-0521867856.