Thoracochaeta brachystoma is a species of fly in the family Sphaeroceridae, the lesser dung flies. It is found in the Palearctic .[1][2][3] Thoracochaeta brachystoma is a typical inhabitant of sea coasts. The larvae live in seaweed.
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Thoracochaeta brachystoma North Wales | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Sphaeroceridae |
Genus: | Thoracochaeta |
Species: | T. brachystoma
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Binomial name | |
Thoracochaeta brachystoma Stenhammar, 1854
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References
edit- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Pitkin BR (1988) Lesser dung flies, Diptera: Sphaeroceridae. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 10, Part 5e. Royal Entomological Society of London, London, 175 pp.
- ^ 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.ISBN 81-205-0080-6 ISBN 81-205-0081-4 .