Herina (fly)
Herina is a genus of flies in the family Ulidiidae. It is possibly the largest genus in the family.[1]
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| Herina sp. | |
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| Tribe: | Otitini |
| Genus: | Herina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 |
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| Herina liturata Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 [1] | |
It is a genus of distinctive, small to medium-sized, dark species about 3.5-5.5 mm long, with patterned wings. The head is variably yellowish, reddish, or darkened, whilst the body is either shining black or black dusted with grey.[2] Many are found in marshland or calcareous grassland locations and in coastal wetlands.[3]
Species
Species include:
- H. aartseni Merz, 2002[4][5]
- H. frondescentiae (Linnaeus, 1758) [2][5][6]
- H. germinationis (Rossi, 1790)[2][6]
- H. ghilianii Róndani, 1869 [5]
- H. gyrans (Loew, 1864) [5]
- H. lacustris (Meigen, 1826) [5]
- H. liturata Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830[1]
- H. lugubris (Meigen, 1826) [5]
- H. merzi Kameneva, 2007 [1][5]
- H. nigrina (Meigen, 1826) [5]
- H. oscillans (Meigen, 1826) [2][5][6]
- H. paludum (Fallén, 1820) [2][5][6]
- H. palustris (Meigen, 1826) [2][5][6]
- H. parva (Loew, 1864) [5]
- H. pseudoluctuosa Hennig, 1939 [5]
- H. rivosecchii Merz, 2002[4][5]
- H. scutellaris Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 [5]
- H. tristis (Meigen, 1826) [5]
- H. yunnanica Kamaneva, 2006[7][7]
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References
- 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" (PDF). Vestnik Zoologii. 41 (5): 405–421. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-20.
- Clements, David.K.; Merz, Bernhard. (1998). "Key to the genus Herina (Diptera, Ulidiidae) in Britain". Dipterists Digest (Print). second series. Dipterists Forum. 5 (2): 55–67. ISSN 0953-7260.
- Clements, David.K. (1997). "Habitat preferences and distributional details: Ulidiids and Platystomatids". Picture-winged Flies Recording Scheme (Print). Dipterists Forum. 1: 3–5.
- Merz, B. (2002). "A revision of the Herina lugubris species group (Diptera, Ulidiidae, Otitinae), with the description of two new species". Revue suisse de zoologie. 109: 407–431. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.79599. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
- "Fauna Europaea project". Retrieved 20 August 2011.
- 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. London: Royal Entomological Society of London. p. 122. ISBN 0-901546-82-8.
- Kameneva, E.P. (2006). "East Asian and Papuan species of the genus Herina Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera, Ulidiidae, Otitinae)". Instrumenta Biodiversitatis (Print). 7: 15–59.
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