Phaonia jaroschewskii

Taxobox
name = Hairy Canary Fly
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
subclassis = Pterygota
infraclassis = Neoptera
superordo = Endopterygota
ordo = Diptera
subordo = Brachycera
infraordo = Muscomorpha
zoosectio = Schizophora
zoosubsectio = Calyptratae
superfamilia = Muscoidea
familia = Muscidae
subfamilia = Phaoniinae
tribus = Phaoniini
genus = "Phaonia"
species = "P. jaroschewskii"
binomial = "Phaonia jaroschewskii"
binomial_authority = (Schnabl, 1888)
synonyms = *"Aricia jaroschewskii" Schnabl, 1888
*"Phaonia crinipes" Stein

The Hairy Canary Fly "Phaonia jaroschewskii" (Schnabl, 1888) is a yellow European muscid fly. This species is found on sphagnum moss on healthy wet bog ecosystems. The larvae feed on Sphagnum bog mosses. It is of interest as indicator of the health of lowland sphagnum bogs, as it will disappears if the bog deteriorates. Because of this the Hairy Canary Fly is one of the species listed in the United Kingdom Biodiversity Action Plan.

External links

* [http://www.ukbap.org.uk UK Biodiversity Website]

References

* Notable invertebrates associated with lowland heathland [http://www.buglife.org.uk/OneStopCMS/Core/CrawlerResourceServer.aspx?resource=6F11B83E-6EDA-44A6-B120-351422DF9D37&mode=link&guid=fbc7c296dd054dfe9a21b682bd93de01]
* (2001): A Supplement to the Diptera Fauna of Lithuania [http://www.ekoi.lt/uploads/docs/LutovinovasAZL%2013_403-410.pdf]