Euryomma peregrinum

Taxobox | name = "Euryomma peregrin"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Hexapoda
classis = Insecta
subclassis = Pterygota
infraclassis = Neoptera
superordo = Endopterygota|
ordo = Diptera
subordo = Brachycera
zoosectio = Schizophora
zoosubsectio = Calyptratae
superfamilia = Muscoidea
familia = Fanniidae
genus = "Euryomma"
species = "E. peregrin"
species_authority = (Meigen, 1826)
binomial = "Euryomma peregrin"

"Euryomma peregrin" is a small species of fly from the family Fanniidae. It is the type species of the genus "Euryomma" and was originally described by the German entomologist Johann Wilhelm Meigen, in 1826. Although he placed it in another genus.

The adult is a small fly of about 3-4mm. The larvae feed on decaying vegetable matter and carrion. Distribution is now most tropical and temperate regions worldwide, having been introduced. In Europe it is mainly Mediterranean. [cite book|author=Rozkosny, R.; Gregor, F.; Pont, A.C.|year=1997 |title=The European Fanniidae (Diptera)|pages=80 pp|publisher=Institute of Landscape Ecology]

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