- Oedoparena minor
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Oedoparena minor Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Diptera Family: Dryomyzidae Genus: Oedoparena Species: O. minor Binomial name Oedoparena minor
Suwa, 1981[1]Oedoparena minor is a small (wing length 4.0-6.4) coastal fly from the family Dryomyzidae.[1]
Distribution
Ecology
The ecology of this species is little known, Adults have been reared from Pupa found in the empty shells of dead barnacles[1]. This is not unlike the life style of a north American speies Oedoparena glauca, where the larvae feed on living barnacle, before pupating in a now empty barnical shell and then the adult flies emerge during the morning low tide.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d Suwa, Masaaki (1981). "Description of a new Japanese species of Oedoparena, an Asio-American dipterous genus (Dryomyzidae)" (pdf). Insecta Matsumurana. New Series (Hokkaido, Japan: Hokkaido University) 20: 29–35. http://eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2115/9811/1/22_p29-35.pdf.
- ^ Burger, J.F.; Anderson, J.R. & Knudsen, M.F. (1980). "The habits and life history of Oedoparena glauca (Diptera: Dryomyzidae), a predator of barnacles" (Print). Proe. entomol. Soc. Wash. 82: 360–377.
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