Melieria omissa
Melieria omissa is a small fly that is commonly found in wet, marshy vegetation in May. Scientists think that the dagger-like ovipositor of the females might be used for inserting eggs into vegetation.[3]
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Distribution
M. omissa has been documented across Eurasia, from Great Britain to Korea, and as far south as Italy, Greece and the Arabian peninsula.[4]
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References
- 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.
- "Melieria misrica". Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
- Multiple authors (1979). The Oxford Book of Insects. Oxford, South East England: Oxford University Press. pp. 132. ISBN 0-19-910005-5.
- "Records for the family Ulidiidae (Diptera, Tephritoidea) in Saudi Arabia". African Entomology 24(1): 225–232 (2016).
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