Dictya umbrarum

Dictya umbrarum is a species of fly in the family Sciomyzidae. It is found in the Palearctic and Nearctic.[1][2][3] Dictya montana is a predator of aquatic pulmonate snails with no apparent parasitoid tendency. [4]

Dictya umbrarum
Dictya umbrarum North Wales
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Sciomyzidae
Genus: Dictya
Species:
D. umbrarum
Binomial name
Dictya umbrarum

References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Parts I. II. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi. ISBN 81-205-0080-6 ISBN 81-205-0081-4
  3. Séguy, E. (1934) Diptères: Brachycères. II. Muscidae acalypterae, Scatophagidae. Paris: Éditions Faune de France 28 Bibliotheque Virtuelle Numerique pdf
  4. R. J. McDonnell,T.D. Paine, R. E. Orth and M. J. Gormally,2007 Life history and biocontrol potential of Dictya montana Steyskal, 1954 (Diptera: Sciomyzidae) a, snail-killing fly The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 83(2):101-109(2007) Archived 2017-03-24 at the Wayback Machine
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