Tetanocera robusta explained

Tetanocera robusta is a species of fly in the family Sciomyzidae. It is found in the Palearctic and Nearctic[1] [2] [3] The larvae develop in aquatic pulmonate snails including Gyraulus, Helisoma, Lymnaea, Physa, Planorbis. The habitat is marshy borders of lakes and ponds and permanent marshes.[4] [5]

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Notes and References

  1. [Fauna Europaea]
  2. Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Parts I, II. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi.
  3. Séguy, E. (1934) Diptères: Brachycères. II. Muscidae acalypterae, Scatophagidae. Paris: Éditions Faune de France 28 Bibliotheque Virtuelle Numerique pdf
  4. Lloyd Vernon Knutson and Jean-Claude Vala, 2011Biology of Snail-Killing Sciomyzidae Flies Cambridge University Press
  5. B. A. Foote, L. V. Knutson, J. B. Keiper, 1999 The snail-killing flies of Alaska(Diptera: Sciomyzidae) Insecta Mundi, Vol. 13, No. 1-2, March–June, 1999pdf

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