Meromyza pratorum
| Meromyza pratorum | |
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| Meromyza pratorum North Wales | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Chloropidae |
| Genus: | Meromyza |
| Species: | M. pratorum |
| Binomial name | |
| Meromyza pratorum Meigen, 1830 | |
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Meromyza pratorum is a species of fly in the family Chloropidae, the grass flies. It is found in the Palearctic.[1][2] The larva feeds on Poaceae such as Calamagrostis epigeios and probably other species of the genus Calamagrostis, and Leymus arenarius.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ Informatiion from Fauna Europaea
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Emilia. Petrovna Nartshuk and L. I. Fedoseeva and A review of the grassflies of the genus Meromyza Meigen, 1830 (Diptera, Chloropidae) of the Palaearctic fauna, with a key to the species, analysis of synonymy, host specialization, and geographical distribution: Part 1 Entomological Review 91(1), March 2011 DOI: 10.1134/S001387381101009X pdf .