Herina (fly)

Herina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Ulidiidae
Subfamily: Otitinae
Genus: Herina
Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
Type species
Herina liturata
Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 [1]

Herina is a genus of flies in the family Ulidiidae. It is possibly the largest genus in the family.[1]

It is a distinctive Ulidiidae genus of small to medium-sized, dark species of about 3.5-5.5mm long, with patterned wings. The head is variably yellowish, reddish or darkened, whilst the body is either shining black or with black dusted with grey.[2] Many are found in marshland or calcareous grassland situations and in coastal wetlands. [3]

Species

Species include:

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Kameneva, E. P. (2007). "A new species of Herina (Diptera: Ulidiidae) from Switzerland with a key to European species and notes on nomenclature and distribution". Vestnik zoologii 41 (5): 405–421. http://mail.izan.kiev.ua/vz-pdf/2007/5/02_Kameneva.pdf. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Clements, David.K.; Merz,, Bernhard. (1998). "Key to the genus Herina (Diptera, Ulidiidae) in Britain." (Print). Dipterists Digest. second series (Dipterists Forum) 5 (2): 55–67. ISSN 0953-7260. 
  3. ^ Clements, David.K. (1997). "Habitat preferences and distributional details: Ulidiids and Platystomatids." (Print). Picture-winged Flies Recording Scheme (Dipterists Forum) 1: 3–5. 
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Fauna Europaea project". http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=405851. Retrieved 20 August 2011. 
  5. ^ a b c d e f Chandler, Peter J. (1998). Checklists of Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera. New Series. 12. London: Royal Entomological Society of London. page 122. ISBN 0-901546-82-8.