Renocera pallida

Renocera pallida
Renocera pallida North Wales
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Sciomyzidae
Subfamily:	Sciomyzinae
Tribe:	Tetanocerini
Genus:	Renocera
Species:	R. pallida
Binomial name
Renocera pallida (Fallén, 1820)
Synonyms
Sciomyza pallida Fallén, 1820

Renocera pallida is a species of fly in the family Sciomyzidae. It is found in the Palearctic[1]

It is 4.5-5.5 mm. long.The interocular space is glossy and on its anterior margin with a white reflection as an extension of the ocellar plate.The orbital plates are grey and shiny; the rest of the interocular space of a reddish matt; epistome as protruding downwards as the cheeks (or peristome).The antennae are rufous (third article burnished at the apex). The body is testaceous with a slight ashy sheen. The tarsi are also burnished. The dark wings have shaded transverse veins. Abdomen burnished. [2][3] The larvae are predators of Sphaeriidae[4]

References

1. Fauna Europaea
2. Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Parts I, II. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi. ISBN 81-205-0080-6 ISBN 81-205-0081-4
3. Séguy, E. (1934) Diptères: Brachycères. II. Muscidae acalypterae, Scatophagidae. Paris: Éditions Faune de France 28 Bibliotheque Virtuelle Numerique pdf
4. Horsakova, I. (2003) Biology and immature stages of a clam killing fly, Renocera pallida (Diptera: Sciomyzidae). European Journal of Entomology 100, 143-151.pdf

External links

• Images representing Renocera pallida at BOLD