Herina frondescentiae

Herina frondescentiae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Ulidiidae
Genus: Herina
Species: H. frondescentiae
Binomial name
Herina frondescentiae
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms

Musca frondescentiae Linnaeus, 1758[1]

Herina frondescentiae is a species of ulidiid or picture-winged fly in the genus Herina of the family Ulidiidae.[2][3] It is wetland species of about 3–4 millimetres (0.12–0.16 in) in length.[4]

Distribution

Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Latvia, United Kingdom, France, Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Italy, Hungary, Romania, Albania, Ukraine, Croatia, Estonia, Poland, Lithuania, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Switzerland, Andorra.[5]

References

  1. Chandler, Peter J. (1998). Checklists of Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. New Series 12 (1) (London: Royal Entomological Society of London). p. page 122. ISBN 0-901546-82-8.
  2. "Fauna Europaea project". Retrieved 16 August 2011.
  3. "Dipterists Forum". Retrieved 16 August 2011.
  4. Clements, David K.; Merz,, Bernhard. (1998). "Key to the genus Herina (Diptera, Ulidiidae) in Britain". Dipterists Digest. second series (Dipterists Forum) 5 (2): 55–67. ISSN 0953-7260.
  5. 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.