Herina paludum

Herina paludum
	Herina cf. paludum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Ulidiidae
Genus:	Herina
Species:	H. paludum
Binomial name
	Herina paludum; (Fallén, 1820)
Synonyms
	Ortalis paludum Fallén, 1820; Herina longicornis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830; Herina longicornis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830;

Herina paludum is a species of picture-winged fly in the genus Herina of the family Ulidiidae.[1]

Distribution

This species is present in most of Europe (England, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Sweden, Egypt, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Poland, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany, Greece and Slovenia)[2] and in North Africa.[3]

Description

Herina paludum can reach a body length of 3–4 millimetres (0.12–0.16 in). In these picture-winged flies mesonotum and abdominal tergites are shining black. Scutellum is brownish-black. The central area of the head between the eyes (frontal stripe) is velvet-black. Face is conspicuously produced anteriorly, lower face is shining black. Eyes are reddish brown. The third segment of the antennae is long and strap-like. Wings are hyaline, with few brown patches, mainly a partly brown costal cell and a rounded or band-like apical spot. Femora and tibiae are partly dark brown.[4][5]

gollark: gollark wins, and receives all wagered points.

gollark: Would anyone like to participate in a game of "giving gollark all your points"?

gollark: Like I said, size constraints, so I just dumped a bunch of them which seemed about the right size.

gollark: Well, some of them.

gollark: You didn't remind me but here you go. This is only some of them due to size limits.

References

BioLib
Fauna europaea
Catalogue of life
Family Ulidiidae - Diptera in beeld
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.

External links

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[1] BioLib

[2] Fauna europaea

[3] Catalogue of life

[4] Family Ulidiidae - Diptera in beeld

[Kameneva07-5] 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" (PDF). Vestnik zoologii. 41 (5): 405–421. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-20.