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Trimerina madizans

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Trimerina madizans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Ephydridae
Subfamily: Discomyzinae
Tribe: Psilopini
Genus: Trimerina
Species:
T. madizans
Binomial name
Trimerina madizans
(Fallén, 1813)[1]
Synonyms

Trimerina madizans is a species of shore flies, insects in the family Ephydridae.[4]

Biology

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The larvae are predators of spider eggs.[5]

Distribution

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Algeria, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland.

References

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  1. ^ a b Fallen, C.F. (1813). "Beskrifning ofver nagra i Sverige funna vattenflugor (Hydromyzides)". K. Svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. [ser. 3], 1813: 240–257.
  2. ^ Meigen, Johann Wilhelm (1838). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäischen zweiflügeligen Insekten. Vol. 7. Hamm. pp. xii + 1–434. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  3. ^ a b Meigen, J.W. (1830). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäische n zweiflugeligen Insekten. Hamm: Sechster Theil. Schulz. pp. xi + 401 +[3] pp.
  4. ^ Mathis, W.N.; Zatwarnicki, T. (1995). "World catalog of shore flies (Diptera: Ephydridae)". Memoirs of Entomology, International. 4: 1–423.
  5. ^ Foote, B.A. (1984). "Biology of Trimerina madizans—a Predator of Spider Eggs (Diptera: Ephydridae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 86 (3): 486–492.