Limnia unguicornis

Limnia unguicornis
	Limnia unguicornis North Wales
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Sciomyzidae
Subfamily:	Sciomyzinae
Tribe:	Tetanocerini
Genus:	Limnia
Species:	L. unguicornis
Binomial name
	Limnia unguicornis; (Scopoli, 1763)
Synonyms
	Musca varicus Harris, 1780; Musca varieus Harris, 1780; Tetanocera pratorum Fallén, 1820;

Limnia unguicornis is a species of fly in the family Sciomyzidae. It is found in the Palearctic .[1][2][3] Mature larvae have been recorded feeding on Succinea putris.[4]

References

Fauna Europaea
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
Séguy, E. (1934) Diptères: Brachycères. II. Muscidae acalypterae, Scatophagidae. Paris: Éditions Faune de France 28 Bibliotheque Virtuelle Numerique pdf
Rozkošný, R., 1984 The Sciomyzidae (Diptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, 14 ISBN 90-04-07592-5 Hardback (224 pp., 639 figures, in English)

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