Phaonia pallida

Phaonia pallida
A female Phaonia pallida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Muscidae
Genus: Phaonia
Species: P. pallida
Binomial name
Phaonia pallida
(Fabricius, 1787)
Synonyms
A male Phaonia pallida

Phaonia pallida is a species of fly which is distributed across parts the Palaearctic.[1][2]

Its larvae have been found growing in various fungi (Amanita rubescens, Clitocybe nebularis, Lepista flaccida, Xerula radicata) and also under tree bark.[3]

References

  1. D'Assis Fonseca, E.C.M (1968). Diptera Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata: Muscidae. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. 10. London.: Royal Entomological Society of London. pp. 118pp.
  2. Gregor, F.; Rozkosny, R.; Bartak, M.; Vanhara, J. (2002). The Muscidae (Diptera) of Central Europe. Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Masarykianae Brunensis. 107. Masaryk.: Masaryk University. pp. 280pp.
  3. Chandler, Peter J. (2010). A Dipterist's Handbook (2nd Edition). The Amateur Entomologist. 15. Orpington, Kent, England: Amateur Entomologists' Society. pp. 525pp.


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