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Pherbellia
Sign in to savePherbellia is a genus of flies in the family Sciomyzidae, the marsh flies or snail-killing flies. They occur throughout the world, except for the Subantarctic region.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderDiptera
- FamilySciomyzidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 713
- With media
- 5
- Family
- Sciomyzidae
- Collections
- UAM, MSU, USNM, MCGILL UNIVERSITY
- Recorded in
- United States, Canada
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Sciomyzidae
- Image
- Pherbellia cinerella.png
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- taxon name
- Pherbellia
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Pherbellia
- Commons category
- Pherbellia
- diel cycle
- diurnality
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Pherbellia is a genus of flies in the family Sciomyzidae, the marsh flies or snail-killing flies. They occur throughout the world, except for the Subantarctic region.
Like many Sciomyzidae, species of this genus have larvae that are predators or parasitoids of snails. The larva of P. albovaria, for example, eats land snails such as Anguispira alternata and A. fergusoni, and then pupates in the empty shell. The P. albocostata larva eats up to five snails and then pupates in the ground litter next to the last empty shell. The larva of P. inflexa attacks the glass snail Zonitoides arboreus.
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