Herina paludum is a species of picture-winged fly in the genus Herina of the family Ulidiidae.[1]
| Herina paludum | |
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| Herina cf. paludum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Ulidiidae |
| Genus: | Herina |
| Species: | H. paludum
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| Binomial name | |
| Herina paludum (Fallén, 1820)
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Distribution
editThis 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
editHerina 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]
References
edit- ^ 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.
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