Fucellia maritima
Fucellia maritima | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Anthomyiidae |
Subfamily: | Anthomyiinae |
Tribe: | Anthomyini |
Genus: | Fucellia |
Species: | F. maritima |
Binomial name | |
Fucellia maritima |
Fucellia maritima is a Palearctic and Nearctic species of kelp fly in the family Anthomyiidae.[2] Adults are found in large numbers from March to September on the British Isles coast. The species is particularly attracted to Fucus sp. and Laminaria sp. seaweed.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Haliday, A. (1838). XXII.—New British insects indicated in Mr. Curtis's guide. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 2(9): 183-190. online at [1]
- ^ Aldrich, J.M. 1918. The kelp-flies of North America (genus Fucellia, family Anthomyidae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series 8, 157–159
- ^ Egglishaw, H. J. 1960. The life-history of Fucellia maritima (Haliday) (Diptera, Muscidae). Entomologist 93, 225–31.